For many people, international dialing is a bit confusing and sometimes frightening. Most often, the person you are trying to contact will give you their international number which you can simply dial without having to think about it. If, however, you have the local number of someone in another county, you might have to do a bit of investigation.

Do not be concerned as the process is really straightforward. Each county has its own dialing code so all you need to know is where they are and what the code for that country is.

Assisted Dialling

If you are calling from a Telkom line, you can always use their international booked calls. All you have to do is dial 10900. They are available 24-hours and will assist in connecting you to the international number you require.

Dialling out of South Africa

On a landline such as Telkom, you would dial 00 and then the international code for the country you wish to reach. On a mobile phone, you would dial the + symbol in place of the 00.

Here are some of the main ones you might require:

Angola – 244
Argentina – 54
Australia -61
Austria – 43
Belgium – 32
Botswana – 267
Brazil – 55
Bulgaria – 359
Canada – 1
Central African Rep – 236
Chad – 235
Chile – 56
China – 86
Colombia – 57
Congo (Rep. of the) – 242
Costa Rica – 506
Côte d'Ivoire – 225
Croatia – 385
Cuba – 53
Cyprus – 357
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea – 850
Dem.Rep of the Congo – 243
Denmark – 45
Egypt – 20
Ethiopia – 251
Fiji – 679
Finland – 358
France – 33
Germany – 49
Ghana – 233
Gibraltar – 350
Greece – 30
Hawaii – 1808
Hong Kong, China – 852
Hungary – 36
Iceland – 354
India – 91
Indonesia – 62
Iran (Islamic Republic of) – 98
Iraq – 964
Ireland – 353
Israel – 972
Italy – 39
Jamaica – 1876
Japan – 81
Kenya – 254
Korea (Rep. of) – 82
Lebanon – 961
Lesotho – 266
Liberia – 231
Luxembourg – 352
Macao, China – 853
Madagascar – 261
Malawi – 265
Malaysia – 60
Maldives – 960
Mali – 223
Mauritius – 230
Mexico – 52
Monaco – 377
Mongolia – 976
Morocco – 212
Mozambique – 258
Namibia – 264
Netherlands – 31
New Zealand – 64
Nicaragua – 505
Nigeria – 234
Norway – 47
Pakistan – 92
Palestine – 970
Panama – 507
Papua New Guinea – 675
Paraguay – 595
Peru – 51
Philippines – 63
Poland – 48
Portugal – 351
Puerto Rico
Qatar – 974
Romania – 40
Russian Federation – 7
Rwanda – 250
Samoa – 685
Saudi Arabia – 966
Senegal – 221
Serbia – 381
Seychelles – 248
Sierra Leone – 232
Singapore – 65
Slovakia – 421
Slovenia – 386
Somalia – 252
Spain – 34
Sri Lanka – 94
Sudan – 249
Swaziland – 268
Sweden – 46
Switzerland – 41
Taiwan, China – 886
Tanzania – 255
Thailand – 66
Tunisia – 216
Turkey – 90
Uganda – 256
Ukraine – 380
United Arab Emirates – 971
United Kingdom – 44
United States – 1
Uruguay – 598
Zambia – 260
Zimbabwe – 263

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