Postwright

Address formats by country

The layout of a postal address in every country and territory: the order of the lines, where the postcode goes, and which administrative area is written. 195 formats are documented in Google’s address metadata. The rest follow the generic international layout.

Smallest unit first

Most of Europe and the Americas start with the street and end with the country.

2282 Hawthorn Lane Apt 16E
Yeso, NM 88136

Caspersstraße 4
21769 Armstorf

Largest unit first

Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan write the postcode and province first in their own script, and reverse the order in Latin script.

〒577-0042
大阪府
東大阪市西堤4丁目11-19
グランドールハイム 605号室

Grandor Heim 605
4-11-19 Nishizutsumi, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka
577-0042

Postcode on its own line

The UK and Brazil give the postcode its own line; Arabic-script addresses run right to left.

12 Station Crescent
Flat 5
Sidmouth
EX10 8AD

Travessa da Matriz, 21, Bloco A, Apto 708
Santa Albertina-SP
15750-000

All formats

250 shown

Lines in square brackets are fields; other characters are written literally. The recipient and organisation lines are left out. 71 countries and territories have no postcode field.

Africa

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Algeria A DZ[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 40304Not written
Angola C AO
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Benin C BJ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Botswana C BW
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Burkina Faso A BF[Street address] [City] [Sorting code]NoneNot written
Burundi C BI
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Cabo Verde B CV[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Island]Postcode · 7600Island
Cameroon C CM
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Central African Republic C CF
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Chad C TD
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Comoros C KM
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Côte d'Ivoire A CI[Sorting code] [Street address] [City] [Sorting code]NoneNot written
Democratic Republic of the Congo C CD
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Djibouti C DJ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Egypt B EG[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 12411Province
Equatorial Guinea C GQ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Eritrea C ER
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Eswatini B SZ[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · H100Not written
Ethiopia B ET[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1000Not written
Gabon C GA
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Gambia C GM
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Ghana C GH
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Guinea B GN[Postcode] [Street address] [City]Postcode · 001Not written
Guinea-Bissau B GW[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1000Not written
Kenya A KE[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 20100Not written
Lesotho B LS[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 100Not written
Liberia B LR[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1000Not written
Libya C LY
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Madagascar B MG[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 501Not written
Malawi A MW[Street address] [City] [Sorting code]NoneNot written
Mali C ML
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Mauritania C MR
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Mauritius B MU[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 42602Not written
Mayotte A YT[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97600Not written
Morocco A MA[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 53000Not written
Mozambique B MZ[Street address] [Postcode] [City][Province]Postcode · 1102Province
Namibia B NA[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 10001Not written
Niger B NE[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 8001Not written
Nigeria B NG[Street address] [District] [City] [Postcode] [State]Postcode · 930283State
Republic of the Congo C CG
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Réunion B RE[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97400Not written
Rwanda C RW
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha A SH[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · STHL 1ZZNot written
São Tomé and Príncipe C ST
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Senegal B SN[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 12500Not written
Seychelles A SC[Street address] [City] [Island]NoneIsland
Sierra Leone C SL
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Somalia B SO[Street address] [City], [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · JH 09010Province
South Africa A ZA[Street address] [District] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 0083Not written
South Sudan C SS
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Sudan B SD[Street address] [District] [Postcode]Postcode · 11042Not written
Tanzania B TZ[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 6090Not written
Togo C TG
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Tunisia B TN[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1002Not written
Uganda C UG
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Western Sahara B EH[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 70000Not written
Zambia B ZM[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 50100Not written
Zimbabwe C ZW
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written

Antarctica

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Antarctica N AQ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Bouvet Island N BV
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
French Southern Territories N TF
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Heard Island and McDonald Islands N HM[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 7050Not written
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands N GS[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · SIQQ 1ZZNot written

Asia

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Afghanistan B AF[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 1001Not written
Armenia A AM[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 375010Province
Azerbaijan A AZ[Street address] AZ [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1000Not written
Bahrain B BH[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 317Not written
Bangladesh A BD[Street address] [City] - [Postcode]Postcode · 1340Not written
Bhutan B BT[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 11001Not written
British Indian Ocean Territory N IO[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · BBND 1ZZNot written
Brunei B BN[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · BT2328Not written
Cambodia B KH[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 120101Not written
China A CN[Postcode] [Province][City][District] [Street address]Postcode · 266033Province
Cocos (Keeling) Islands A CC[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 6799Not written
Georgia B GE[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 0101Not written
Hong Kong A HK[Area] [District] [Street address]NoneArea
India A IN[Street address] [City] [PIN code] [State]PIN code · 110034State
Indonesia A ID[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 40115Province
Iran B IR[Province] [City], [Neighborhood] [Street address] [Postcode]Postcode · 11936-12345Province
Iraq B IQ[Street address] [City], [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 31001Province
Israel B IL[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 9614303Not written
Japan A JP〒[Postal code (郵便番号)] [Prefecture] [Street address]Postal code (郵便番号) · 154-0023Prefecture
Jordan B JO[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 11937Not written
Kazakhstan B KZ[Postcode] [Province] [City] [Street address]Postcode · 040900Province
Kuwait B KW[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 54541Not written
Kyrgyzstan B KG[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 720001Not written
Laos B LA[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 01160Not written
Lebanon B LB[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 2038 3054Not written
Macao A MO[Street address]NoneNot written
Malaysia A MY[Street address] [Village township] [Postcode] [City] [State]Postcode · 43000State
Maldives B MV[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 20026Not written
Mongolia B MN[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 65030Province
Myanmar B MM[Street address] [City], [Postcode]Postcode · 11181Not written
Nepal B NP[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 44601Not written
North Korea B KP[Postcode] [Province] [City] [Street address]NoneProvince
Oman B OM[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 133Not written
Pakistan A PK[Street address] [District] [City]-[Postcode]Postcode · 44000Not written
Palestine C PS
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Philippines A PH[Street address] [District], [City] [Postcode] [Province]Postcode · 1008Province
Qatar C QA
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Saudi Arabia B SA[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 11564Not written
Singapore A SG[Street address] SINGAPORE [Postcode]Postcode · 546080Not written
South Korea A KR[Province] [City][District] [Street address] [Postcode]Postcode · 03051Province
Sri Lanka A LK[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 20000Not written
Syria C SY
generic layout
[Street address] [District]NoneNot written
Taiwan A TW[Postcode] [County][District] [Street address]Postcode · 104County
Tajikistan B TJ[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 735450Not written
Thailand A TH[Street address] [District] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 10150Province
Turkey A TR[Street address] [Postcode] [District]/[Province]Postcode · 01960Province
Turkmenistan B TM[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 744000Not written
United Arab Emirates A AE[Street address] [Emirate]NoneEmirate
Uzbekistan B UZ[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 702100Province
Vietnam B VN[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 70010Province
Yemen C YE
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written

Europe

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Åland Islands A AX[Street address] AX-[Postcode] [City] ÅLANDPostcode · 22150Not written
Albania A AL[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1001Not written
Andorra A AD[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · AD100Not written
Austria A AT[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1010Not written
Belarus A BY[Street address] [Postcode], [City] [Province]Postcode · 223016Province
Belgium A BE[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 4000Not written
Bosnia and Herzegovina B BA[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 71000Not written
Bulgaria A BG[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1000Not written
Croatia A HR[Street address] HR-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 10000Not written
Cyprus A CY[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 2008Not written
Czechia A CZ[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 100 00Not written
Denmark A DK[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 8660Not written
Estonia A EE[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 69501Province
Faroe Islands A FO[Street address] FO[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 100Not written
Finland A FI[Street address] FI-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 00550Not written
France A FR[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 33380Not written
Germany A DE[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 26133Not written
Gibraltar A GI[Street address] GIBRALTAR [Postcode]Postcode · GX11 1AANot written
Greece B GR[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 151 24Not written
Guernsey B GG[Street address] [City] GUERNSEY [Postcode]Postcode · GY1 1AANot written
Hungary A HU[City] [Street address] [Postcode]Postcode · 1037Not written
Iceland A IS[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 320Not written
Ireland A IE[Street address] [Townland] [City] [County] [Eircode]Eircode · A65 F4E2County
Isle of Man B IM[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · IM2 1AANot written
Italy A IT[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 00144Province
Jersey B JE[Street address] [City] JERSEY [Postcode]Postcode · JE1 1AANot written
Kosovo B XK[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 10000Not written
Latvia A LV[Street address] [Province] [City], [Postcode]Postcode · LV-1073Province
Liechtenstein A LI[Street address] FL-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 9496Not written
Lithuania A LT[Street address] LT-[Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 04340Province
Luxembourg A LU[Street address] L-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 4750Not written
Malta A MT[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · NXR 01Not written
Moldova A MD[Street address] MD-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 2012Not written
Monaco A MC[Street address] MC-[Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 98000Not written
Montenegro B ME[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 81257Not written
Netherlands A NL[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1234 ABNot written
North Macedonia A MK[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1314Not written
Norway A NO[Street address] [Postcode] [Post town]Postcode · 0025Not written
Poland A PL[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 00-950Not written
Portugal A PT[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 2725-079Not written
Romania A RO[Street address] [Postcode] [Province] [City]Postcode · 060274Province
Russia A RU[Street address] [City] [Oblast] [Postcode]Postcode · 247112Oblast
San Marino A SM[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 47890Not written
Serbia A RS[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 106314Not written
Slovakia A SK[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 010 01Not written
Slovenia A SI[Street address] SI-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 4000Not written
Spain A ES[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 28039Province
Svalbard and Jan Mayen A SJ[Street address] [Postcode] [Post town]Postcode · 9170Not written
Sweden A SE[Street address] SE-[Postcode] [Post town]Postcode · 11455Not written
Switzerland A CH[Street address] CH-[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 2544Not written
Ukraine A UA[Street address] [City] [Oblast] [Postcode]Postcode · 15432Oblast
United Kingdom A GB[Street address] [Post town] [Postcode]Postcode · EC1Y 8SYNot written
Vatican City A VA[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 00120Not written

North America

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Anguilla A AI[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 2640Not written
Antigua and Barbuda C AG
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Aruba C AW
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Bahamas A BS[Street address] [City], [Island]NoneIsland
Barbados B BB[Street address] [City], [Parish] [Postcode]Postcode · BB23026Parish
Belize C BZ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Bermuda A BM[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · FL 07Not written
British Virgin Islands B VG[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · VG1110Not written
Canada A CA[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · H3Z 2Y7Province
Caribbean Netherlands C BQ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Cayman Islands B KY[Street address] [Island] [Postcode]Postcode · KY1-1100Island
Costa Rica A CR[Street address] [Province], [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 1000Province
Cuba B CU[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 10700Province
Curaçao C CW
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Dominica C DM
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Dominican Republic A DO[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 11903Not written
El Salvador B SV[Street address] [Postcode]-[City] [Province]Postcode · CP 1101Province
Greenland A GL[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 3900Not written
Grenada C GD
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Guadeloupe B GP[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97100Not written
Guatemala A GT[Street address] [Postcode]- [City]Postcode · 09001Not written
Haiti A HT[Street address] HT[Postcode] [City]Postcode · 6120Not written
Honduras A HN[Street address] [City], [Department] [Postcode]Postcode · 31301Department
Jamaica A JM[Street address] [City] [Parish] [Sorting code]NoneParish
Martinique B MQ[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97220Not written
Mexico A MX[Street address] [Neighborhood] [Postcode] [City], [State]Postcode · 02860State
Montserrat C MS
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Nicaragua B NI[Street address] [Postcode] [City], [Department]Postcode · 52000Department
Panama A PA[Street address] [City] [Province]NoneProvince
Puerto Rico A PR[Street address] [City] PR [ZIP code]ZIP code · 00930Not written
Saint Barthélemy B BL[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97100Not written
Saint Kitts and Nevis A KN[Street address] [City], [Island]NoneIsland
Saint Lucia C LC
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Saint Martin B MF[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97100Not written
Saint Pierre and Miquelon A PM[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97500Not written
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines B VC[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · VC0100Not written
Sint Maarten C SX
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Trinidad and Tobago C TT
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Turks and Caicos Islands A TC[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · TKCA 1ZZNot written
U.S. Virgin Islands A VI[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 00802-1222State
United States A US[Street address] [City], [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 95014State

Oceania

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
American Samoa A AS[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96799State
Australia A AU[Street address] [Suburb] [State] [Postcode]Postcode · 2060State
Christmas Island A CX[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 6798Not written
Cook Islands C CK
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Fiji C FJ
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
French Polynesia A PF[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Island]Postcode · 98709Island
Guam A GU[Street address] [City] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96910Not written
Kiribati A KI[Street address] [Island] [City]NoneIsland
Marshall Islands A MH[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96960State
Micronesia A FM[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96941State
Nauru A NR[Street address] [District]NoneDistrict
New Caledonia A NC[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 98814Not written
New Zealand A NZ[Street address] [District] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · 6001Not written
Niue C NU
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Norfolk Island A NF[Street address] [City] [Province] [Postcode]Postcode · 2899Not written
Northern Mariana Islands A MP[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96950State
Palau A PW[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96940Not written
Papua New Guinea B PG[Street address] [City] [Postcode] [Province]Postcode · 111Province
Pitcairn A PN[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · PCRN 1ZZNot written
Samoa C WS
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Solomon Islands C SB
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Timor-Leste C TL
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Tokelau C TK
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Tonga C TO
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Tuvalu A TV[Street address] [City] [Island]NoneIsland
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands N UM[Street address] [City] [State] [ZIP code]ZIP code · 96898Not written
Vanuatu C VU
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Wallis and Futuna A WF[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 98600Not written

South America

CountryAddress layoutPostcodeRegion type
Argentina A AR[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · C1070AAMProvince
Bolivia C BO
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Brazil A BR[Street address] [Neighborhood] [City]-[State] [CEP]CEP · 40301-110State
Chile A CL[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 8340457Province
Colombia A CO[Street address] [District] [City], [Department], [Postcode]Postcode · 111221Department
Ecuador A EC[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 090105Not written
Falkland Islands A FK[Street address] [City] [Postcode]Postcode · FIQQ 1ZZNot written
French Guiana B GF[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Sorting code]Postcode · 97300Not written
Guyana C GY
generic layout
[Street address] [City]NoneNot written
Paraguay B PY[Street address] [Postcode] [City]Postcode · 1536Not written
Peru A PE[Street address] [District] [Postcode] [Province]Postcode · LIMA 23Province
Suriname A SR[Street address] [City] [Province]NoneProvince
Uruguay A UY[Street address] [Postcode] [City] [Province]Postcode · 11600Province
Venezuela B VE[Street address] [City] [Postcode], [State]Postcode · 1010State