User account has c and co attributes to specify the country of the user. c attribute has the country code and co has actual country name. When we edit the user accounts to populate the country code, we need to know the correct code. These country codes are defined in ISO 3166 (LINK).
If you use PowerShell, use this command to update the country.
Set-ADUser <SAMAccountName> -Country US
For you convenience, I have created an CSV file (LINK) and also the table below.
English short name |
Alpha-2 code |
Afghanistan |
AF |
South Africa |
ZA |
Åland Islands |
AX |
Albania |
AL |
Algeria |
DZ |
Germany |
DE |
Andorra |
AD |
Angola |
AO |
Anguilla |
AI |
Antarctica |
AQ |
Antigua and Barbuda |
AG |
Saudi Arabia |
SA |
Argentina |
AR |
Armenia |
AM |
Aruba |
AW |
Australia |
AU |
Austria |
AT |
Azerbaijan |
AZ |
Bahamas (the) |
BS |
Bahrain |
BH |
Bangladesh |
BD |
Barbados |
BB |
Belarus |
BY |
Belgium |
BE |
Belize |
BZ |
Benin |
BJ |
Bermuda |
BM |
Bhutan |
BT |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
BO |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
BQ |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BA |
Botswana |
BW |
Bouvet Island |
BV |
Brazil |
BR |
Brunei Darussalam |
BN |
Bulgaria |
BG |
Burkina Faso |
BF |
Burundi |
BI |
Cabo Verde |
CV |
Cayman Islands (the) |
KY |
Cambodia |
KH |
Cameroon |
CM |
Canada |
CA |
Chile |
CL |
China |
CN |
Christmas Island |
CX |
Cyprus |
CY |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the) |
CC |
Colombia |
CO |
Comoros (the) |
KM |
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) |
CD |
Congo (the) |
CG |
Cook Islands (the) |
CK |
Korea (the Republic of) |
KR |
Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of) |
KP |
Costa Rica |
CR |
Côte d’Ivoire |
CI |
Croatia |
HR |
Cuba |
CU |
Curaçao |
CW |
Denmark |
DK |
Djibouti |
DJ |
Dominican Republic (the) |
DO |
Dominica |
DM |
Egypt |
EG |
El Salvador |
SV |
United Arab Emirates (the) |
AE |
Ecuador |
EC |
Eritrea |
ER |
Spain |
ES |
Estonia |
EE |
United States of America (the) |
US |
Ethiopia |
ET |
Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas] |
FK |
Faroe Islands (the) |
FO |
Fiji |
FJ |
Finland |
FI |
France |
FR |
Gabon |
GA |
Gambia (the) |
GM |
Georgia |
GE |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
GS |
Ghana |
GH |
Gibraltar |
GI |
Greece |
GR |
Grenada |
GD |
Greenland |
GL |
Guadeloupe |
GP |
Guam |
GU |
Guatemala |
GT |
Guernsey |
GG |
Guinea |
GN |
Equatorial Guinea |
GQ |
Guinea-Bissau |
GW |
Guyana |
GY |
French Guiana |
GF |
Haiti |
HT |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
HM |
Honduras |
HN |
Hong Kong |
HK |
Hungary |
HU |
Isle of Man |
IM |
United States Minor Outlying Islands (the) |
UM |
India |
IN |
British Indian Ocean Territory (the) |
IO |
Indonesia |
ID |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
IR |
Iraq |
IQ |
Ireland |
IE |
Iceland |
IS |
Israel |
IL |
Italy |
IT |
Jamaica |
JM |
Japan |
JP |
Jersey |
JE |
Jordan |
JO |
Kazakhstan |
KZ |
Kenya |
KE |
Kyrgyzstan |
KG |
Kiribati |
KI |
Kuwait |
KW |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the) |
LA |
Lesotho |
LS |
Latvia |
LV |
Lebanon |
LB |
Liberia |
LR |
Libya |
LY |
Liechtenstein |
LI |
Lithuania |
LT |
Luxembourg |
LU |
Macao |
MO |
Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of) |
MK |
Madagascar |
MG |
Malaysia |
MY |
Malawi |
MW |
Maldives |
MV |
Mali |
ML |
Malta |
MT |
Northern Mariana Islands (the) |
MP |
Morocco |
MA |
Marshall Islands (the) |
MH |
Martinique |
MQ |
Mauritius |
MU |
Mauritania |
MR |
Mayotte |
YT |
Mexico |
MX |
Micronesia (Federated States of) |
FM |
Moldova (the Republic of) |
MD |
Monaco |
MC |
Mongolia |
MN |
Montenegro |
ME |
Montserrat |
MS |
Mozambique |
MZ |
Myanmar |
MM |
Namibia |
NA |
Nauru |
NR |
Nepal |
NP |
Nicaragua |
NI |
Niger (the) |
NE |
Nigeria |
NG |
Niue |
NU |
Norfolk Island |
NF |
Norway |
NO |
New Caledonia |
NC |
New Zealand |
NZ |
Oman |
OM |
Uganda |
UG |
Uzbekistan |
UZ |
Pakistan |
PK |
Palau |
PW |
Palestine, State of |
PS |
Panama |
PA |
Papua New Guinea |
PG |
Paraguay |
PY |
Netherlands (the) |
NL |
Peru |
PE |
Philippines (the) |
PH |
Pitcairn |
PN |
Poland |
PL |
French Polynesia |
PF |
Puerto Rico |
PR |
Portugal |
PT |
Qatar |
QA |
Syrian Arab Republic |
SY |
Central African Republic (the) |
CF |
Réunion |
RE |
Romania |
RO |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) |
GB |
Russian Federation (the) |
RU |
Rwanda |
RW |
Western Sahara* |
EH |
Saint Barthélemy |
BL |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
KN |
San Marino |
SM |
Saint Martin (French part) |
MF |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
SX |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
PM |
Holy See (the) |
VA |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VC |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
SH |
Saint Lucia |
LC |
Solomon Islands |
SB |
Samoa |
WS |
American Samoa |
AS |
Sao Tome and Principe |
ST |
Senegal |
SN |
Serbia |
RS |
Seychelles |
SC |
Sierra Leone |
SL |
Singapore |
SG |
Slovakia |
SK |
Slovenia |
SI |
Somalia |
SO |
Sudan (the) |
SD |
South Sudan |
SS |
Sri Lanka |
LK |
Sweden |
SE |
Switzerland |
CH |
Suriname |
SR |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
SJ |
Swaziland |
SZ |
Tajikistan |
TJ |
Taiwan (Province of China) |
TW |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
TZ |
Chad |
TD |
Czech Republic (the) |
CZ |
French Southern Territories (the) |
TF |
Thailand |
TH |
Timor-Leste |
TL |
Togo |
TG |
Tokelau |
TK |
Tonga |
TO |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TT |
Tunisia |
TN |
Turkmenistan |
TM |
Turks and Caicos Islands (the) |
TC |
Turkey |
TR |
Tuvalu |
TV |
Ukraine |
UA |
Uruguay |
UY |
Vanuatu |
VU |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
VE |
Virgin Islands (British) |
VG |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
VI |
Viet Nam |
VN |
Wallis and Futuna |
WF |
Yemen |
YE |
Zambia |
ZM |
Zimbabwe |
ZW |