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Definition

The country in which the person was born, as represented by a label.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Country Label X(100) ".
Data Type ALPHANUMERICSTRING
Format X(100)
Maximum character length 100
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Adelie Land (France)
Afghanistan
Aland Islands
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Argentinian Antarctic Territory
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian External Territories nec
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Antarctic Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Chilean Antarctic Territory
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo Democratic Republic of
Congo Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote dIvoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Gaza Strip and West Bank
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hong Kong (SAR of China)
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea Democratic Peoples Republic of (North)
Korea Republic of (South)
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau (SAR of China)
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Macedonia
Northern Ireland
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Polynesia (excludes Hawaii) nec
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Queen Maud Land (Norway)
Reunion
Romania
Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Samoa
Samoa American
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South America nec
South Sudan
Southern and East Africa nec
Spain
Spanish North Africa
Sri Lanka
St Barthelemy
St Helena
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Martin (French part)
St Pierre and Miquelon
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands British
Virgin Islands United States
Wales
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Comments

This metadata item is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Country of Birth standard for collecting, processing and presenting country of birth statistics (ABS 2016a).

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016a. Country of Birth Standard, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.004. Canberra: ABS.

ABS 2016b. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS.

  

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