COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Central African Republic country codes

Ködörösêse tî BêafrîkaAfrica

Flag shown for Central African Republic
ISO alpha-2
CF
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
CAF
3 letters
ISO numeric
140
3 digits
Calling prefix
+236
Telephone reference

Central African Republic at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Central African Republic are CF, CAF, and 140. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Central African Republic
Native name in sourcenative_name
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Bangui
Continentcontinent
Africa (AF)
Regionregion
Africa
Sub-regionsub_region
Sub-Saharan Africa

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+236
Currency referencecurrency_code
XAFCentral African CFA Franc
Country-code domaintld
.cf

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Central African Republic in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

FrenchFrançaisfr-CF
SangoSängösg
LingalaLingálaln
KongoKiKongokg

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Central African Republic time zones

1 identifier is listed for CF in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Africa/Bangui

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
CF
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
CAF
ISO numericiso_numeric
140
FIFA referencefifa
CTA
IOC referenceioc
CAF
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
CT

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.