Telephone numbers in the Americas

All countries in the Americas use codes that start with "5", with the exception of the countries of the North American Numbering Plan, such as Canada and the United States, which use country code 1, and Greenland and Aruba with country codes starting with the digit "2", which mostly is used by countries in Africa.

The prefixes in the Americas start with one of 1,2,5


America Prefix International access code Trunk prefix Comment
Anguilla Caribbean 1-264 011 1
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 1-268 011 1
Argentina South 54 00 0
Aruba Caribbean 297 00
Bahamas Caribbean 1-242 011 1
Barbados Caribbean 1-246 011 1
Belize Central 501
Bermuda North 1-441 011 1
Bolivia South 591 00
Brazil South 55 00 xx
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 1-284 011 1
Canada North 1 011 1 Several NANP codes; see Telephone numbers in Canada.
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 599-3, 4, or 7 00
Cayman Islands Caribbean 1-345 011 1
Chile South 56 00
Colombia South 57 00 0 Trunk followed by 1 or 3 digit carrier code
Costa Rica Central 506 00
Cuba Caribbean 53 00
Curaçao Caribbean 599-9 00
Dominica Caribbean 1-767 011 1
Dominican Republic Caribbean 1-809, 829, 849 011 1
Ecuador South 593 00
El Salvador Central 503
Falkland Islands South 500 00
French Guiana South 594 00
Greenland North 299 00
Grenada Caribbean 1-473 011 1
Guadeloupe Caribbean 590 00
Guatemala Central 502 00
Guyana South 592 00
Haiti Caribbean 509 00
Honduras Central 504 00
Jamaica Caribbean 1-658, 876 011 1
Martinique Caribbean 596 00
Mexico North 52 00 01
Montserrat Caribbean 1-664 011 1
Nicaragua Central 505 00
Panama Central 507 00
Paraguay South 595 00 0
Peru South 51 00 0
Puerto Rico Caribbean 1-787, 939 011 1
Saint Barthélemy Caribbean 590 00
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 1-869 011 1
Saint Lucia Caribbean 1-758 011 1
Collectivity of Saint Martin Caribbean 590 00
Saint Pierre and Miquelon North 508 00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 1-784 011 1
Sint Maarten Caribbean 1-721 011 1
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South 500 00
Suriname South 597 00
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 1-868 011 1
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 1-649 011 1
United States North 1 011 1 Several NANP areas; see Telephone numbers in the United States.
United States Virgin Islands Caribbean 1-340 011 1
Uruguay South 598 00 No National Call Prefix needed since 29 August 2010 according to the new numbering plan.
All geographical numbers have 8 digits.
Venezuela South 58 00 0

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