ISBN group number
The group number is part of the International Standard Book Number ( ISBN ). The group number is the second component of the ISBN (after the prefix 978 or 979) and identifies the language area , a state or a geographic region. The third part of the ISBN is the publisher's number . The group numbers are set by the International ISBN Agency based in London .
Length of the group number
The group number has one to five digits and is structured in the following number ranges :
Group number |
From | To |
---|---|---|
1-digit | 0 | 5 |
7th | 7th | |
2 digits | 80 | 94 |
3 digits | 600 | 649 |
950 | 989 | |
4 digits | 9900 | 9989 |
5 digits | 99900 | 99999 |
This shows that the number range with the first digits 650–699 has not yet been assigned.
For the further correct allocation of the ISBN see under publisher number .
Group numbers (prefix 978 or without prefix)
- 0 - English ( Australia , Great Britain , Ireland , Canada , New Zealand , Puerto Rico , Zimbabwe , South Africa , USA )
- 1 - like 0
- 2 - French ( Belgium , France , Canada , Luxembourg , French-speaking Switzerland )
- 3 - German ( Germany , German-speaking Belgium , Liechtenstein , Austria , German-speaking Switzerland , former GDR )
- 4 - Japanese
- 5 - Russian (Former Soviet Union )
- 600 - Iran
- 601 - Kazakhstan
- 602 - Indonesia
- 603 - Saudi Arabia
- 604 - Vietnam
- 605 - Turkey
- 606 - Romania
- 607 - Mexico
- 608 - Macedonia
- 609 - Lithuania
- 611 - Thailand
- 612 - Peru
- 613 - Mauritius
- 614 - Lebanon
- 615 - Hungary
- 616 - Thailand
- 617 - Ukraine
- 618 - Greece
- 619 - Bulgaria
- 620 - Mauritius
- 621 - Philippines
- 7 - People's Republic of China
- 80 - Former Czechoslovakia ( Czech Republic , Slovakia )
- 81 - India
- 82 - Norway
- 83 - Poland
- 84 - Spain
- 85 - Brazil
- 86 - Former Yugoslavia ( Serbia , Montenegro , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Slovenia , Macedonia )
- 87 - Denmark
- 88 - Italy (and Italian-speaking Switzerland )
- 89 - South Korea
- 90 - Netherlands
- 91 - Sweden
- 92 - International publishers ( UN , UNESCO , EU , etc.)
- 93 - India
- 94 - Netherlands
- 950 - Argentina
- 951 - Finland
- 952 - Finland
- 953 - Croatia
- 954 - Bulgaria
- 955 - Sri Lanka
- 956 - Chile
- 957 - Taiwan
- 958 - Colombia
- 959 - Cuba
- 960 - Greece
- 961 - Slovenia
- 962 - Hong Kong
- 963 - Hungary
- 964 - Iran
- 965 - Israel
- 966 - Ukraine
- 967 - Malaysia
- 968 - Mexico
- 969 - Pakistan
- 970 - Mexico
- 971 - Philippines
- 972 - Portugal
- 973 - Romania
- 974 - Thailand
- 975 - Turkey
- 976 - Caribbean Community
- 977 - Egypt
- 978 - Nigeria
- 979 - Indonesia
- 980 - Venezuela
- 981 - Singapore
- 982 - South Pacific
- 983 - Malaysia
- 984 - Bangladesh
- 985 - Belarus
- 986 - Taiwan
- 987 - Argentina
- 988 - Hong Kong
- 989 - Portugal
- 9926 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 9927 - Qatar
- 9928 - Albania
- 9929 - Guatemala
- 9930 - Costa Rica
- 9931 - Algeria
- 9932 - Laos
- 9933 - Syria
- 9934 - Latvia
- 9935 - Iceland
- 9936 - Afghanistan
- 9937 - Nepal
- 9938 - Tunisia
- 9939 - Armenia
- 9940 - Montenegro
- 9941 - Georgia
- 9942 - Ecuador
- 9943 - Uzbekistan
- 9944 - Turkey
- 9945 - Dominican Republic
- 9946 - North Korea
- 9947 - Algeria
- 9948 - United Arab Emirates
- 9949 - Estonia
- 9950 - Palestinian Territories
- 9951 - Kosovo
- 9952 - Azerbaijan
- 9953 - Lebanon
- 9954 - Morocco
- 9955 - Lithuania
- 9956 - Cameroon
- 9957 - Jordan
- 9958 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 9959 - Libya
- 9960 - Saudi Arabia
- 9961 - Algeria
- 9962 - Panama
- 9963 - Cyprus
- 9964 - Ghana
- 9965 - Kazakhstan
- 9966 - Kenya
- 9967 - Kyrgyzstan
- 9968 - Costa Rica
- 9970 - Uganda
- 9971 - Singapore
- 9972 - Peru
- 9973 - Tunisia
- 9974 - Uruguay
- 9975 - Republic of Moldova
- 9976 - Tanzania
- 9977 - Costa Rica
- 9978 - Ecuador
- 9979 - Iceland
- 9980 - Papua New Guinea
- 9981 - Morocco
- 9982 - Zambia
- 9983 - Gambia
- 9984 - Latvia
- 9985 - Estonia
- 9986 - Lithuania
- 9987 - Tanzania
- 9988 - Ghana
- 9989 - Macedonia
- 99901 - Bahrain
- 99902 - Gabon
- 99903 - Mauritius
- 99904 - Netherlands Antilles ( Curaçao )
- 99905 - Bolivia
- 99906 - Kuwait
- 99908 - Malawi
- 99909 - Malta
- 99910 - Sierra Leone
- 99911 - Lesotho
- 99912 - Botswana
- 99913 - Andorra
- 99914 - Suriname
- 99915 - Maldives
- 99916 - Namibia
- 99917 - Brunei
- 99918 - Faroe Islands
- 99919 - Benin
- 99920 - Andorra
- 99921 - Qatar
- 99922 - Guatemala
- 99923 - El Salvador
- 99924 - Nicaragua
- 99925 - Paraguay
- 99926 - Honduras
- 99927 - Albania
- 99928 - Georgia
- 99929 - Mongolia
- 99930 - Armenia
- 99931 - Seychelles
- 99932 - Malta
- 99933 - Nepal
- 99934 - Dominican Republic
- 99935 - Haiti
- 99936 - Bhutan
- 99937 - Macau
- 99938 - Republika Srpska
- 99939 - Guatemala
- 99940 - Georgia
- 99941 - Armenia
- 99942 - Sudan
- 99943 - Albania
- 99944 - Ethiopia
- 99945 - Namibia
- 99946 - Nepal
- 99947 - Tajikistan
- 99948 - Eritrea
- 99949 - Mauritius
- 99950 - Cambodia
- 99951 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 99952 - Mali
- 99953 - Paraguay
- 99954 - Bolivia
- 99955 - Republika Srpska
- 99956 - Albania
- 99957 - Malta
- 99958 - Bahrain
- 99959 - Luxembourg
- 99960 - Malawi
- 99961 - El Salvador
- 99962 - Mongolia
- 99963 - Cambodia
- 99964 - Nicaragua
- 99965 - Macau
- 99966 - Kuwait
- 99967 - Paraguay
- 99968 - Botswana
- 99969 - Oman
- 99970 - Haiti
- 99971 - Myanmar
- 99972 - Faroe Islands
- 99973 - Mongolia
- 99974 - Bolivia
- 99975 - Tajikistan
- 99976 - Republika Srpska
- 99977 - Rwanda
- 99978 - Mongolia
- 99979 - Honduras
Swiss publishers use 2 (French), 3 (German) or 88 (Italian) depending on the language.
Group numbers (prefix 979)
- 979-10 - French ( Belgium , France , Canada , Luxembourg , Switzerland )
- 979-11 - South Korea
- 979-12 - Italy