2020Q3.0 Major Release
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Knowledge Base & Reference Data Updates
The table below shows which countries have been updated, and how, in this release.
If there is a PDH in the reference data column, this shows a country was included in the country improvement project.
- Reference Data = 154 Countries
- Lexicons = 27 Countries
- Context Rules = 2 Countries
- PDH = 2 Countries
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COUNTRY NAME |
ISO CODE |
CONTEXT RULES |
LEXICONS |
REFERENCE DATA |
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AFGHANISTAN |
AF |
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|
X |
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ÅLAND ISLANDS |
AX |
|
|
|
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ALBANIA |
AL |
|
|
X |
|
ALGERIA |
DZ |
|
|
X |
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AMERICAN SAMOA |
AS |
|
|
X |
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ANDORRA |
AD |
|
|
|
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ANGOLA |
AO |
|
|
|
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ANGUILLA |
AI |
|
X |
PDH |
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ANTARCTICA |
AQ |
|
|
|
|
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
AG |
|
X |
X |
|
ARGENTINA |
AR |
|
X |
X |
|
ARMENIA |
AM |
|
X |
PDH |
|
ARUBA |
AW |
|
|
|
|
AUSTRALIA |
AU |
|
|
|
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AUSTRIA |
AT |
|
|
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AZERBAIJAN |
AZ |
|
|
X |
|
BAHAMAS |
BS |
|
|
X |
|
BAHRAIN |
BH |
|
|
|
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BANGLADESH |
BD |
|
|
X |
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BARBADOS |
BB |
|
|
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BELARUS |
BY |
|
|
|
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BELGIUM |
BE |
|
|
|
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BELIZE |
BZ |
|
|
X |
|
BENIN |
BJ |
|
|
X |
|
BERMUDA |
BM |
|
|
X |
|
BHUTAN |
BT |
|
|
X |
|
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
BO |
X |
X |
|
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BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA |
BQ |
|
|
|
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
BA |
|
|
X |
|
BOTSWANA |
BW |
|
|
|
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BOUVET ISLAND |
BV |
|
|
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BRAZIL |
BR |
|
|
|
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BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |
IO |
|
|
X |
|
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM |
BN |
|
|
X |
|
BULGARIA |
BG |
|
|
|
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BURKINA FASO |
BF |
|
|
X |
|
BURUNDI |
BI |
|
|
|
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CABO VERDE |
CV |
|
|
X |
|
CAMBODIA |
KH |
|
|
X |
|
CAMEROON |
CM |
|
|
X |
|
CANADA |
CA |
|
|
X |
|
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
KY |
|
|
|
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
CF |
|
|
X |
|
CHAD |
TD |
|
|
X |
|
CHILE |
CL |
|
|
|
|
CHINA |
CN |
|
|
X |
|
CHRISTMAS ISLAND |
CX |
|
|
X |
|
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS |
CC |
|
|
X |
|
COLOMBIA |
CO |
|
|
|
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COMOROS |
KM |
|
|
X |
|
CONGO |
CG |
|
|
X |
|
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE |
CD |
|
|
X |
|
COOK ISLANDS |
CK |
|
|
X |
|
COSTA RICA |
CR |
|
|
X |
|
CÔTE D’IVOIRE |
CI |
|
|
X |
|
CROATIA |
HR |
|
|
X |
|
CUBA |
CU |
|
|
X |
|
CURAÇAO |
CW |
|
|
X |
|
CYPRUS |
CY |
|
|
X |
|
CZECHIA |
CZ |
|
|
|
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DENMARK |
DK |
|
|
|
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DJIBOUTI |
DJ |
|
|
X |
|
DOMINICA |
DM |
|
X |
X |
|
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
DO |
|
|
X |
|
ECUADOR |
EC |
|
|
|
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EGYPT |
EG |
|
|
|
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EL SALVADOR |
SV |
|
|
|
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
GQ |
|
X |
|
|
ERITREA |
ER |
|
X |
X |
|
ESTONIA |
EE |
|
|
X |
|
ETHIOPIA |
ET |
|
|
X |
|
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) |
FK |
|
|
X |
|
FAROE ISLANDS |
FO |
|
|
X |
|
FIJI |
FJ |
|
|
X |
|
FINLAND |
FI |
|
|
|
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FRANCE |
FR |
|
X |
|
|
FRENCH GUIANA |
GF |
|
|
X |
|
FRENCH POLYNESIA |
PF |
|
|
|
|
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES |
TF |
|
X |
X |
|
GABON |
GA |
|
|
X |
|
GAMBIA |
GM |
|
X |
X |
|
GEORGIA |
GE |
|
|
|
|
GERMANY |
DE |
|
X |
X |
|
GHANA |
GH |
|
|
X |
|
GIBRALTAR |
GI |
|
|
X |
|
GREECE |
GR |
|
|
|
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GREENLAND |
GL |
|
|
X |
|
GRENADA |
GD |
|
X |
|
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GUADELOUPE |
GP |
|
|
|
|
GUAM |
GU |
|
|
X |
|
GUATEMALA |
GT |
|
|
X |
|
GUERNSEY |
GG |
|
|
X |
|
GUINEA |
GN |
|
|
X |
|
GUINEA-BISSAU |
GW |
|
|
X |
|
GUYANA |
GY |
|
|
|
|
HAITI |
HT |
|
|
|
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HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS |
HM |
|
|
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HONDURAS |
HN |
|
|
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HONG KONG |
HK |
|
|
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HUNGARY |
HU |
|
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ICELAND |
IS |
|
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INDIA |
IN |
|
|
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INDONESIA |
ID |
|
|
|
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IRAN |
IR |
|
|
X |
|
IRAQ |
IQ |
|
|
X |
|
IRELAND |
IE |
|
|
|
|
ISLE OF MAN |
IM |
|
|
X |
|
ISRAEL |
IL |
|
X |
|
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ITALY |
IT |
|
|
|
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JAMAICA |
JM |
|
|
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JAPAN |
JP |
|
|
|
|
JERSEY |
JE |
|
|
X |
|
JORDAN |
JO |
|
|
X |
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
KZ |
|
|
|
|
KENYA |
KE |
|
|
X |
|
KIRIBATI |
KI |
|
X |
X |
|
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF) |
KP |
|
|
X |
|
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
KR |
|
|
|
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KUWAIT |
KW |
|
|
X |
|
KYRGYZSTAN |
KG |
|
|
X |
|
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC |
LA |
|
|
X |
|
LATVIA |
LV |
|
|
|
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LEBANON |
LB |
|
|
X |
|
LESOTHO |
LS |
|
|
X |
|
LIBERIA |
LR |
|
|
X |
|
LIBYA |
LY |
|
|
X |
|
LIECHTENSTEIN |
LI |
|
|
|
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LITHUANIA |
LT |
|
|
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LUXEMBOURG |
LU |
|
|
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MACAO |
MO |
|
|
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MADAGASCAR |
MG |
|
|
X |
|
MALAWI |
MW |
|
X |
|
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MALAYSIA |
MY |
|
|
|
|
MALDIVES |
MV |
|
|
X |
|
MALI |
ML |
|
|
X |
|
MALTA |
MT |
|
|
X |
|
MARSHALL ISLANDS |
MH |
|
|
X |
|
MARTINIQUE |
MQ |
|
|
X |
|
MAURITANIA |
MR |
|
|
X |
|
MAURITIUS |
MU |
|
|
X |
|
MAYOTTE |
YT |
|
|
X |
|
MEXICO |
MX |
|
|
|
|
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) |
FM |
|
|
X |
|
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF |
MD |
|
|
X |
|
MONACO |
MC |
|
|
X |
|
MONGOLIA |
MN |
|
|
X |
|
MONTENEGRO |
ME |
|
|
X |
|
MONTSERRAT |
MS |
|
X |
X |
|
MOROCCO |
MA |
|
|
X |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
MZ |
|
|
|
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MYANMAR |
MM |
|
|
X |
|
NAMIBIA |
NA |
|
|
X |
|
NAURU |
NR |
|
X |
X |
|
NEPAL |
NP |
|
|
X |
|
NETHERLANDS |
NL |
|
|
|
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NEW CALEDONIA |
NC |
|
|
X |
|
NEW ZEALAND |
NZ |
|
|
|
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NICARAGUA |
NI |
|
|
|
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NIGER |
NE |
|
|
X |
|
NIGERIA |
NG |
|
|
|
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NIUE |
NU |
|
X |
X |
|
NORFOLK ISLAND |
NF |
|
|
X |
|
NORTH MACEDONIA |
MK |
|
|
X |
|
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
MP |
|
|
X |
|
NORWAY |
NO |
|
X |
X |
|
OMAN |
OM |
|
|
X |
|
PAKISTAN |
PK |
|
|
X |
|
PALAU |
PW |
|
|
X |
|
PALESTINE, STATE OF |
PS |
|
X |
|
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PANAMA |
PA |
|
|
|
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
PG |
|
|
X |
|
PARAGUAY |
PY |
|
|
|
|
PERU |
PE |
X |
X |
X |
|
PHILIPPINES |
PH |
|
|
|
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PITCAIRN |
PN |
|
|
X |
|
POLAND |
PL |
|
|
|
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PORTUGAL |
PT |
|
|
|
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PUERTO RICO |
PR |
|
|
X |
|
QATAR |
QA |
|
|
|
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RÉUNION |
RE |
|
|
X |
|
ROMANIA |
RO |
|
|
X |
|
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
RU |
|
|
X |
|
RWANDA |
RW |
|
|
X |
|
SAINT BARTHÉLEMY |
BL |
|
|
|
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SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA |
SH |
|
|
X |
|
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS |
KN |
|
|
X |
|
SAINT LUCIA |
LC |
|
|
|
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SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART) |
MF |
|
|
X |
|
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON |
PM |
|
|
X |
|
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES |
VC |
|
|
X |
|
SAMOA |
WS |
|
|
X |
|
SAN MARINO |
SM |
|
|
|
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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE |
ST |
|
|
X |
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SAUDI ARABIA |
SA |
|
|
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SENEGAL |
SN |
|
|
X |
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SERBIA |
RS |
|
|
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SEYCHELLES |
SC |
|
|
X |
|
SIERRA LEONE |
SL |
|
|
X |
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SINGAPORE |
SG |
|
|
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SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART) |
SX |
|
|
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SLOVAKIA |
SK |
|
|
|
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SLOVENIA |
SI |
|
|
|
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SOLOMON ISLANDS |
SB |
|
|
X |
|
SOMALIA |
SO |
|
|
X |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
ZA |
|
|
|
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SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS |
GS |
|
|
X |
|
SOUTH SUDAN |
SS |
|
|
X |
|
SPAIN |
ES |
|
X |
|
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SRI LANKA |
LK |
|
|
X |
|
SUDAN |
SD |
|
|
X |
|
SURINAME |
SR |
|
|
X |
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SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN |
SJ |
|
X |
|
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SWAZILAND |
SZ |
|
|
X |
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SWEDEN |
SE |
|
|
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SWITZERLAND |
CH |
|
|
|
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
SY |
|
|
X |
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TAIWAN |
TW |
|
|
|
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TAJIKISTAN |
TJ |
|
|
X |
|
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF |
TZ |
|
|
X |
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THAILAND |
TH |
|
|
|
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TIMOR-LESTE |
TL |
|
|
X |
|
TOGO |
TG |
|
|
X |
|
TOKELAU |
TK |
|
X |
X |
|
TONGA |
TO |
|
|
X |
|
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
TT |
|
|
X |
|
TUNISIA |
TN |
|
|
X |
|
TURKEY |
TR |
|
|
|
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TURKMENISTAN |
TM |
|
|
X |
|
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS |
TC |
|
|
X |
|
TUVALU |
TV |
|
X |
X |
|
UGANDA |
UG |
|
|
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UKRAINE |
UA |
|
|
|
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
AE |
|
|
|
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UNITED KINGDOM |
GB |
|
|
X |
|
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |
UM |
|
|
X |
|
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
US |
|
X |
X |
|
URUGUAY |
UY |
|
|
|
|
UZBEKISTAN |
UZ |
|
|
X |
|
VANUATU |
VU |
|
|
X |
|
VATICAN CITY |
VA |
|
|
|
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VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) |
VE |
|
|
|
|
VIET NAM |
VN |
|
|
|
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VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) |
VG |
|
|
X |
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) |
VI |
|
|
X |
|
WALLIS AND FUTUNA |
WF |
|
|
X |
|
WESTERN SAHARA |
EH |
|
|
|
|
YEMEN |
YE |
|
|
X |
|
ZAMBIA |
ZM |
|
|
X |
|
ZIMBABWE |
ZW |
|
|
X |