The first numbers of an ISBN indicate the language and/or the country
it was published in. See: ISBN for a more in-depth discussion of ISBN
parts.
- 0 English - (UK, US, Australia, NZ, Canada,
- 1 English - (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
- 2 French (France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland)
- 3 German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- 4 Japan
- 5 USSR
- 7 China
- 80 Czechoslovakia
- 81 India (see also 93)
- 82 Norway
- 83 Poland
- 84 Spain
- 85 Brazil
- 86 Yugoslavia
- 87 Denmark
- 88 Italian (Italy, Switzerland)
- 89 South Korea
- 90 Dutch/Flemish
- 91 Sweden
- 92 International (Unesco)
- 93 India (see also 81)
- 950 Argentina
- 951 Finland
- 952 Finland
- 953 Croatia
- 954 Bulgaria
- 955 Sri Lanka
- 956 Chile
- 957 Taiwan
- 958 Colombia
- 959 Cuba
- 960 Greece
- 961 Slovenia
- 962 Hong Kong
- 963 Hungary
- 964 Israel
- 967 Malaysia (see also 983)
- 968 Mexico (see also 970)
- 969 Pakistan
- 970 Mexico (see also 968)
- 971 Philippines
- 972 Portugal
- 973 Romania
- 974 Thailand
- 975 Turkey
- 976 Carribean: AG,BS,BB,BZ,DM,GD,GY,JM,MS,KN,LC,VC,TT
- 977 Egypt
- 978 Nigeria
- 979 Indonesia
- 980 Venezuela
- 981 Singapore (see also 9971)
- 982 Pacific: CK,FJ,KI,NR,NU,SB,TK,TO,TV,VU,WS
- 983 Malaysia (see also 967)
- 984 Bangladesh
- 985 Belarus
- 987 Argentina
- 9960 Saudi Arabia
- 9963 Cyprus
- 9964 Ghana
- 9966 Kenya
- 9968 Costa Rica (see also 9977)
- 9970 Uganda
- 9971 Singapore (see also 981)
- 9972 Syria
- 9973 Tunisia
- 9974 Uruguay
- 9976 Tanzania (see also 9987)
- 9977 Costa Rica (see also 9968)
- 9978 Ecuador
- 9979 Iceland
- 9980 Papua New Guinea
- 9981 Morocco
- 9982 Zambia
- 9983 Gambia
- 9984 Latvia
- 9985 Estonia
- 9986 Lithuania
- 9987 Tanzania (see also 9976)
- 9988 Ghana
- 9989 Macedonia
- 99903 Mauritius
- 99904 Netherlands Antilles
- 99908 Malawi
- 99909 Malta
- 99911 Lesotho
- 99912 Botswana
- 99913 Andorra (see also 99920)
- 99914 Suriname
- 99915 Maldives
- 99916 Namibia
- 99917 Brunei
- 99920 Andorra (see also 99913)
- 99921 Qatar
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