COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Philippines country codes

PilipinasAsia

Flag shown for Philippines
ISO alpha-2
PH
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
PHL
3 letters
ISO numeric
608
3 digits
Calling prefix
+63
Telephone reference

Philippines at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Philippines are PH, PHL, and 608. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Philippines
Native name in sourcenative_name
Pilipinas
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Manila
Continentcontinent
Asia (AS)
Regionregion
Asia
Sub-regionsub_region
South-eastern Asia

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+63
Currency referencecurrency_code
PHPPhilippine Peso
Country-code domaintld
.ph

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 Philippines 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.

FilipinoTagalogtl
EnglishEnglishen-PH
Filipinofil
Cebuanoceb
Ilokoilo
Hiligaynonhil
Waraywar
Pampangapam
Bikolbik
Bikolbcl
Pangasinanpag
mrwmrw
tsgtsg
mdhmdh
cbkcbk
Kinaray-akrj
sgdsgd
msbmsb
aklakl
ibgibg
ykayka
mtamta
abxabx

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.

Philippines time zones

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

  • Asia/Manila

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
PH
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
PHL
ISO numericiso_numeric
608
FIFA referencefifa
PHI
IOC referenceioc
PHI
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
RP

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 FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.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.