IBAN formats

For each country that supports IBANs, these table show the IBAN format.

Albania, Guatemala and Poland

The IBAN is a 28 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 AL (for Albania), GT (for Guatemala) or PL (for Poland)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-12 Bank-branch code
13-28 Account number

For example: AL47 2121 1009 0000 0002 3569 8741
GT82 TRAJ 0102 0000 0012 1002 9690
PL61 1090 1014 0000 0712 1981 2874

Andorra

The IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always AD
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank code
9-12 Branch code
13-24 Account number

For example: AD12 0001 2030 2003 5910 0100

Austria and Lithuania

For Austria and Lithuania, the IBAN is a 20 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 AT (for Austria) or LT (for Lithuania)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-9 Bank-branch code
10-20 Account number

For example: AT61 1904 3002 3457 3201
LT12 1000 0111 0100 1000

Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic and Lebanon

The IBAN is a 28 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 AZ (for Azerbaijan), DO (for Domincian Republic) or LB (for Lebanon)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-28 Account number

For example: AZ21 NABZ 0000 0000 1370 1000 1944
DO28 BAGR 0000 0001 2124 5361 1324
LB62 0999 0000 0001 0019 0122 9114

Bahrain

For Bahrain, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BH
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank code
9-22 Account number

For example: BH67 BMAG 0000 1299 1234 56

Belgium

For Belgium, the IBAN is a 16 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-14 Account number
15-16 Check digits

For example: BE62 5100 0754 7061

Bosnia and Herzegovina

For Bosnia and Herzegovina, the IBAN is a 20 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BA
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank code
8-10 Branch code
11-18 Account number
19-20 Check digits

For example: BA39 1290 0794 0102 8494

Brazil

For Brazil, the IBAN is a 29 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BR
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-12 Bank code
13-18 Branch code
19-27 Account number
28 Account type
29 Owner account type

For example: BR97 0036 0305 0000 1000 9795 493P 1

British Virgin Islands and Pakistan

For British Virgin Islands and Pakistan, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 VG (for British Virgin Islands), PK (for Pakistan)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-24 Account number

For example: VG96 VPVG 0000 0123 4567 8901
PK36 SCBL 0000 0011 2345 6702

Bulgaria

For Bulgaria, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BG
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank identifier
9-12 Branch number
13-14 Account type
15-22 Account number

For example: BG62 UBBS 8002 1079 3545 17

Costa Rica

For Costa Rica, the IBAN is a 21 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always CR
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-21 Account number

For example: CR05 1520 2001 0262 8406 6

Croatia

For Croatia, the IBAN is a 21 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always HR
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-11 Bank code
12-21 Account number

For example: HR12 1001 0051 8630 0016 0

Cyprus

For Cyprus, the IBAN is a 28 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always CY
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank code
8-12 Branch code
13-28 Account number

For example: CY17 0020 0128 0000 0012 0052 7600

Czech Republic and Slovakia

For the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 CZ (Czech republic) or SK (Slovakia)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank code
9-14 Account number prefix
15-24 Basic account number

For example: CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399
SK31 1200 0000 1987 4263 7541

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

The IBAN is an 18 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 DK for Denmarki, FO for Faroe Islands and GL for Greenland
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-17 Account number
18 Check digits

For example: DK50 0040 0440 1162 43
FO71 4100 1111 2345 67
GL70 5100 0001 2345 67

Estonia

For Estonia, the IBAN is a 20 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always EE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-6 Bank identifier
7-8 Bank code
9-19 Account number
20 Check digits

For example: EE38 2200 2210 2014 5685

Finland

For Finland, the IBAN is an 18 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always BA
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-10 Bank-branch code
11-17 Account number
18 Check digit

For example: FI21 4234 5600 0000 0007 81

France, Mauritania and Monaco

The IBAN is a 27 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 FR (For France), MR (for Mauritania) and MC (for Monaco)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-9 Bank code
10-14 Branch code
15-25 Account number
26-27 Check digits

For example: FR14 2004 1010 0505 0001 3M02 606
MR13 0002 0001 0100 0012 3456 753

Georgia

For Georgia, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always GE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-6 Bank-branch code
7-22 Account number

For example: GE29 NB00 0000 0101 9049 17

Germany

For Germany, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always DE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-12 Bank-branch code
13-22 Account number, padded to 10 digits using leading zeroes

For example: DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00

Gibraltar

For Gibraltar, the IBAN is a 23 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always GI
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-23 Account number

For example: GI75 NWBK 0000 0000 7099 453

Greece

For Greece, the IBAN is a 27 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always GR
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank code
8-11 Branch code
12-27> Account number

For example: GR16 0110 1250 0000 0001 2300 695

Hungary

For Hungary, the IBAN is a 28 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always HU
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank identifier
8-11 Bank-branch code
12 Check digit
13-27 Account number
28 Check digit

For example: HU42 1177 3016 1111 1018 0000 0000

Iceland

For Iceland, the IBAN is a 26 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always IS
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-10 Account type
11-16 Account number
17-26> Identification number

For example: IS14 0159 2600 7654 5510 7303 39

Israel

For Israel, the IBAN is a 23 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always IL
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-code
8-10 Branch code
11-23 Account number

For example: IL62 0108 0000 0009 9999 999

Italy and San Marino

For Italy and San Marino, the IBAN is a 27 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 IT (Italy) or SM (San Marino)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5 Check digit
6-10 Bank-code
11-15 Branch code
16-27 Account number

For example: IT21 Q054 2801 6000 0ABC D12Z E34

Jordan and Mauritius

For Jordan and Mauritius, the IBAN is a 30 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 JO (for Jordon) or MU (for Mauritius)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-code
9-12 Branch code
13-30 Account number

For example: JO94 CBJO 0010 0000 0000 0131 0003 02
MU17 BOMM 0101 1010 3030 0200 000M UR

Kazakhstan and Luxembourg

For Kazakhstan and Luxembourg, the IBAN is a 20 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 KZ (Kazakhstan) or LU (Luxembourg)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-20 Account number

For example: KZ86 125K ZT50 0410 0100
LU28 0019 4006 4475 0000

Kosovo

For the Kosovo, the IBAN is a 20 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always XK
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-6 Bank identifier
7-8 Branch identifier
9-20 Account number

For example: XK98 1501 0300 0060 8848

Kuwait

For Kuwait, the IBAN is a 30 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always KW
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-30 Account number

For example: KW81 CBKU 0000 0000 0000 1234 5601 01

Latvia

For Latvia, the IBAN is a 21 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always LV
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-code
9-21 Account number

For example: LV80 BANK 0000 4351 9500 1

Liechtenstein and Switzerland

For Liechtenstein and Switzerland, the IBAN is a 21 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 CH (Switzerland) or LI (Liechtenstein)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-9 Bank-branch code
10-21 Account number

For example: CH39 0076 2011 6238 5295 7
LI21 0881 0000 2324 013A A

Macedonia

For Macedonia, the IBAN is a 19 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always MK
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank code
8-19 Account number

For example: MK07 2501 2000 0058 984

Malta

For Malta, the IBAN is a 31 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always MT
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank identifier
9-13 Bank sort code
14-31 Account number

For example: MT84 MALT 0110 0001 2345 MTLC AST0 01S

Moldova and Saudi Arabia

For Moldova and Saudi Arabia, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 MD (for Moldova) or SA (for Saudi Arabia)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-6 Bank code
7-24 Account number

For example: SA03 8000 0000 6080 1016 7519
MD24 AG00 0225 10000 1310 4168

Montenegro and Serbia

For Montenegro and Serbia, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 ME (for Montenegro) or RS (for Serbia)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-20 Account number
21-22 Check digit

For example: RS35 1050 0000 0000 0123 48
ME25 5051 2345 6789 0123 07

Netherlands

For the Netherlands, the IBAN is an 18 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always NL
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank identifier
9-18 Account number

For example: NL91 ABNA 0417 1643 00

Norway

For Norway, the IBAN is a 15 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always NO
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-14 Account number
15 Check digit

For example: NO93 8601 1117 947

Portugal

For Portugal, the IBAN is a 25 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always PT
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank code
9-12 Branch code
13-23 Account number
24-25 Check digits

For example: PT50 0002 0123 1234 5678 9015 4

Palestine and Qatar

For Palestine and Qatar, the IBAN is a 29 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 PS (for Palestine) or QA (for Qatar)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-29 Account number

For example: QA58 DOHB 0000 1234 5678 90AB CDEF G
PS92 PALS 0000 0000 0400 1234 5670 2

Romania

For Romania, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always RO
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank identifier
9-24 Branch and client account identifier

For example: RO49 AAAA 1B31 0075 9384 0000

Saint Lucia

For Saint Lucia, the IBAN is a 32 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always LC
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank-branch code
9-32 Account number

For example: LC07 CCCC 1234 5678 9012 3456 7890 1234

Slovenia

For Slovenia, the IBAN is a 19 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always SI
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-9 Bank code
10-17 Account number
18-19 Check digits

For example: SI56 0510 0800 0032 875

Spain

For Spain, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always ES
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank code
9-12 Branch code
13-14 Check digits
15-24 Account number

For example: ES91 2100 0418 4502 0005 1332

Sweden

For Sweden, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always SE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-23 Account number
24 Check digit

For example: SE12 1231 2345 6789 0123 4561

Timor-Leste

For Timor-Leste, the IBAN is a 23 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always TL
3-4 IBAN check digits (38)
5-7 Bank-branch code
8-21 Account number
22-23 Check digit

For example: TL38 0080 0123 4567 8910 157

Tunisia

For Tunisia, the IBAN is a 24 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always TN
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-6 Bank code
7-9 Branch code
10-22 Account number
23-24 Check digits

For example: TN59 1420 7207 1007 0712 9648

Turkey

For Turkey, the IBAN is a 26 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always TR
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-9 Bank code
10-26 Account number, with first number always 0

For example: TR33 0006 1005 1978 6457 8413 26

United Arab Emirates

For UAE, the IBAN is a 23 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 Always AE
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-7 Bank code
8-23 Account number

For example: AE07 0331 2345 6789 0123 456

United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

For the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the IBAN is a 22 character string made up as follows:

Character

Content

1-2 GB (United Kingdom) or IE (Republic of Ireland)
3-4 IBAN check digits
5-8 Bank identifier
9-14 Sort code
15-22 Account number

For example: GB29 NWBK 6016 1331 9268 19
IE42 AIBK 9320 7820 7162 28