International Dialing Codes

For many people, international dialing is a bit confusing and sometimes frightening. Most often, the person you are trying to contact will give you their international number which you can simply dial without having to think about it. If, however, you have the local number of someone in another county, you might have to do a bit of investigation.

Do not be concerned as the process is really straightforward. Each county has its own dialing code so all you need to know is where they are and what the code for that country is.

Assisted Dialling

If you are calling from a Telkom line, you can always use their international booked calls. All you have to do is dial 10900. They are available 24-hours and will assist in connecting you to the international number you require.

Dialling out of South Africa

On a landline such as Telkom, you would dial 00 and then the international code for the country you wish to reach. On a mobile phone, you would dial the + symbol in place of the 00.

Here are some of the main ones you might require:

Angola - 244 Argentina - 54 Australia -61 Austria - 43 Belgium - 32 Botswana - 267 Brazil - 55 Bulgaria - 359 Canada - 1 Central African Rep - 236 Chad - 235 Chile - 56 China - 86 Colombia - 57 Congo (Rep. of the) - 242 Costa Rica - 506 Côte d'Ivoire - 225 Croatia - 385 Cuba - 53 Cyprus - 357 Dem. People's Rep. of Korea - 850 Dem.Rep of the Congo - 243 Denmark - 45 Egypt - 20 Ethiopia - 251 Fiji - 679 Finland - 358 France - 33 Germany - 49 Ghana - 233 Gibraltar - 350 Greece - 30 Hawaii - 1808 Hong Kong, China - 852 Hungary - 36 Iceland - 354 India - 91 Indonesia - 62 Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 98 Iraq - 964 Ireland - 353 Israel - 972 Italy - 39 Jamaica - 1876 Japan - 81 Kenya - 254 Korea (Rep. of) - 82 Lebanon - 961 Lesotho - 266 Liberia - 231 Luxembourg - 352 Macao, China - 853 Madagascar - 261 Malawi - 265 Malaysia - 60 Maldives - 960 Mali - 223 Mauritius - 230 Mexico - 52 Monaco - 377 Mongolia - 976 Morocco - 212 Mozambique - 258 Namibia - 264 Netherlands - 31 New Zealand - 64 Nicaragua - 505 Nigeria - 234 Norway - 47 Pakistan - 92 Palestine - 970 Panama - 507 Papua New Guinea - 675 Paraguay - 595 Peru - 51 Philippines - 63 Poland - 48 Portugal - 351 Puerto Rico Qatar - 974 Romania - 40 Russian Federation - 7 Rwanda - 250 Samoa - 685 Saudi Arabia - 966 Senegal - 221 Serbia - 381 Seychelles - 248 Sierra Leone - 232 Singapore - 65 Slovakia - 421 Slovenia - 386 Somalia - 252 Spain - 34 Sri Lanka - 94 Sudan - 249 Swaziland - 268 Sweden - 46 Switzerland - 41 Taiwan, China - 886 Tanzania - 255 Thailand - 66 Tunisia - 216 Turkey - 90 Uganda - 256 Ukraine - 380 United Arab Emirates - 971 United Kingdom - 44 United States - 1 Uruguay - 598 Zambia - 260 Zimbabwe - 263