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Country calling codes (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's interesting to me that the US, Canada, Russia, and Kazakhstan get single digit codes, and the rest of the world get double or triple digits.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one

Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Haha I wondered if the US and Russia being the main places with a single digit was related.