Postal Codes
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Australia
Australia Post postal codes are 4 digits long (zero-padded). The leading 2 digits indicate a state.
For more details, see here
Austria
Austrian postal codes are 4 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Canada
Canadian postal codes are 6 characters long in the format A1A 1A1. Note the space character delimiting the 3 character segments.
For more details, see here.
France
French postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Germany
German postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded). The leading digit indicates a region, though these regions do not follow other political boundaries.
For more details, see here.
Grenada
Grenada does not use postal codes.
Italy
Italian postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Japan
Japanese postal codes are 7 digits long (zero-padded) with a hyphen between the 3rd and 4th digits (i.e. 123-4567). Within Japan, the postal code mark (〒) is often prefixed. The leading 2 digits indicate a prefecture.
For more details, see here.
Liechtenstein
Liechtensteinian postal codes are 4 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Mexico
Mexican postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded). The leading two digits indicates a state.
For more details, see here.
Monaco
Monegasque postal code is 98000.
For more details, see here.
San Marino
Sammarinese postal codes are between 47890 and 47899.
For more details, see here.
South Korea
South Korean postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded). The leading 2 digits indicate a province-level region, and the leading 3 digits indicate a county-level region.
For more details, see here.
Spain
Spanish postal codes are 5 digits long (zero-padded). The leading two digits indicates a province.
For more details, see here.
Switzerland
Swiss postal codes are 4 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Thailand
Thai postal codes are 5 digits long.
For more details, see here.
United Kingdom
Postal codes in the modern UK are 6 to 8 characters long, delimited by a space character into 2 segments.
For more details, see here.
United States
USPS postal codes (ZIP codes) are 5 digits long (zero-padded).
ZIP+4 is an extension of the standard postal code system, involving an additional (trailing with hyphen delimiter) postal code that is 4 digits long (zero-padded).
For more details, see here.
Vatican City
The Vatican's postal code is 00120.
For more details, see here.