How to get the country code from CultureInfo?

Question

I have the following:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo c = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB");

var a = c.DisplayName;
var b = c.EnglishName;
var d = c.LCID;
var e = c.Name;
var f = c.NativeName;
var g = c.TextInfo;
var h = c.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName;
var i = c.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName;
var j = c.TwoLetterISOLanguageName;

None of this gives me the country code, e.g. GB.

Is there a way to get it without string splitting?

Maybe you're not looking for a [culture](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo%28v=vs.110%29.aspx), but for a [region](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.regioninfo%28v=vs.110%29.aspx)? — O. R. Mapper, Dec 02 '13 at 14:15
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/87k6sx8t(v=vs.90).aspx — Daniel A. White, Dec 02 '13 at 14:16
possible duplicate of [.Net - CultureInfo: How to get country name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3655738/net-cultureinfo-how-to-get-country-name) — huMpty duMpty, Dec 02 '13 at 14:17
@huMptyduMpty: While related, not an exact duplicate. The other question looks for a human-readable country name, this one is about a region code. In particular, the selected solution to the other question is not applicable here. — O. R. Mapper, Dec 02 '13 at 14:19
@SriramSakthivel: wrong mean using `DisplayName` instead `Name`? — huMpty duMpty, Dec 02 '13 at 14:28
@huMptyduMpty Yes, It is about country name, here question is about country code. Not exact duplicate, but that's related one. — Sriram Sakthivel, Dec 02 '13 at 14:30

score 93 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '13 at 14:16

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var c = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
var r = new RegionInfo(c.LCID);
string name = r.Name;

Most probably you need to use r.TwoLetterISORegionName property.

string regionName = r.TwoLetterISORegionName;

answered Dec 02 '13 at 14:16

Sriram Sakthivel

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Note: You should check CultureInfo.IsNeutralCulture before feeding its LCID to RegionInfo. RegionInfos cannot be created from Neutral cultures (eg "en"). – Tor Haugen May 04 '21 at 10:37
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Instead of new RegionInfo(c.LCID) it is better to use new RegionInfo(c.ToString()); because multiple cultures have the same LCID, e.g. both "en-GG" (Guernsey) and "en-JE" (Jersey) have an LCID of 4096 – Vdex Jun 17 '22 at 12:39

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '13 at 14:17

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System.Globalization.CultureInfo c = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB");
var ri = new RegionInfo(c.Name);
string countryName = ri.DisplayName;

That will give you:

"United Kingdom"

For Two Letter Use:

string countryAbbrivation = ri.TwoLetterISORegionName;

That will give you "GB"

answered Dec 02 '13 at 14:17

Habib

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He wanted "GB" - you gave him "United Kingdom". This might help him but isn't what was asked for... – Chris Dec 02 '13 at 14:18
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@Chris, `string countryAbbrivation = ri.TwoLetterISORegionName;` would do it. added in the answer as well – Habib Dec 02 '13 at 14:19

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 02 '13 at 14:20

You can try the RegionInfo Class. One of the properties is the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName Property. Example from MSDN:

RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("US");
Console.WriteLine( "   Name:                         {0}", myRI1.Name );
Console.WriteLine( "   ThreeLetterISORegionName:     {0}", myRI1.ThreeLetterISORegionName );
Console.WriteLine( "   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName );

Name: US

ThreeLetterISORegionName: USA

TwoLetterISORegionName: US

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 15 '19 at 17:39

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If you just want to use the RegionInfo of the current thread, you can get the country code with this one-liner:

RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName

answered Nov 15 '19 at 17:39

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 20 '15 at 07:46

Following will also accept CultureInfo("en");

var c = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
string countryAbbrivation;
if (!c.IsNeutralCulture) 
{
                    var region = new RegionInfo(ContentLanguage.PreferredCulture.LCID);
                    countryAbbrivation = region.TwoLetterISORegionName.ToLower();
}else{
                    countryAbbrivation = c.Name;
}

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