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International Dialing
Country-by-country dialing formats from the US, kept current -- including the reforms and exceptions (Mexico's 2019 mobile-dialing change, Italy's leading zero) that older guides miss.
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+52 How to Call Mexico From the US (2026 Format) 011 + 52 + the 10-digit number, and since Mexico's 2019 dialing reform, mobile numbers no longer need an extra digit. A lot of guides online still describe the old, retired format. 02 The US Country Code Is +1, and 19 Other Places Share It +1 isn't unique to the United States. Canada and 18 Caribbean nations and territories dial out under the same code, and most of them didn't get their own area code until the 1990s. +63 How to Call the Philippines From the US (Country Code +63) Dial 011, then 63, then the area or mobile code with the leading 0 dropped. Manila's landlines quietly gained an eighth digit in a 2019 regulatory migration. +61 How to Call Australia From the US (Country Code +61) Dial 011, then 61, then the area code with its leading 0 dropped, one of just four area codes that cover the entire country, the last survivors of a renumbering that retired dozens of others. +91 India's Country Code Is +91, and Regulators Want to Retire Its Area Codes Dial 011, then 91, then the area code with its leading 0 dropped. India's STD system dates to 1960, and a 2025 regulator proposal could scrap area codes for a single 10-digit format. +44 The UK's Country Code Is +44, and Most Britons Get Their Own Area Code Wrong Dial 011, then 44, then drop the leading 0. London's real area code is 020, not "0207" or "0208"; a study found only 13% of people could name it correctly. 07 Pakistan's Country Code Is +92, and Its Prefixes Reveal the Carrier City codes run two to five digits; mobile numbers all start 03, a leftover of a 2008 digit migration. India's telecom regulator has also issued a specific advisory about calls from this code. +33 France's Country Code Is +33, and a 2005 Rule Still Shapes Its Freebox Numbers Dial 011, then 33, then drop the leading 0. France's five regional zones trace to a 1996 overnight switch, and its 09 prefix exists because of a 2005 fix for VoIP boxes like Freebox. +81 Japan's Country Code Is +81, and Its New 060 Prefix Just Got Delayed Dial 011, then 81, then drop the leading 0. Japan's area codes shrink as cities grow, and a fourth mobile prefix, 060, was due this year before carriers postponed the rollout.