# IsoCountry Country codes, their numbers and names. ## What is ISO 3166-1? > ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International > Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for the names of > countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical > interest. > > - [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1) ## Benchmarks ``` test parse ... bench: 44 ns/iter (+/- 13) test parse_name ... bench: 50 ns/iter (+/- 16) ```