- 0 and 1 English - (United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Ireland)
- 2 French (France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland)
- 3 German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- 4 Japan
- 5 Russia and former USSR
- 600 Iran
- 601 Kazakhstan
- 602 Indonesia
- 603 Saudi Arabia
- 604 Vietnam
- 605 Turkey
- 606 Romania
- 607 Mexico
- 608 Macedonia (FYR)
- 609 Lithuania
- 611 Thailand
- 612 Peru
- 613 Mauritius
- 614 Lebanon
- 615 Hungary
- 616 Thailand
- 617 Ukraine
- 7 China
- 80 Czech Republic, Slovakia
- 81 India (see also 93)
- 82 Norway
- 83 Poland
- 84 Spain
- 85 Brazil
- 86 Montenegro, Serbia
- 87 Denmark
- 88 Italian (Italy, Switzerland)
- 89 South Korea
- 90 Dutch/Flemish
- 91 Sweden
- 92 International organisations and non-profits (Unesco, European Union)
- 93 India (see also 81)
- 94 Dutch/Flemish
- 950 Argentina
- 951 Finland
- 952 Finland
- 953 Croatia
- 954 Bulgaria
- 955 Sri Lanka
- 956 Chile
- 957 Taiwan
- 958 Colombia
- 959 Cuba
- 960 Greece
- 961 Slovenia
- 962 Hong Kong
- 963 Hungary
- 964 Iran
- 965 Israel
- 966 Ukraine
- 967 Malaysia (see also 983)
- 968 Mexico (see also 970)
- 969 Pakistan
- 970 Mexico (see also 968)
- 971 Philippines
- 972 Portugal
- 973 Romania
- 974 Thailand
- 975 Turkey
- 976 Caribbean: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands
- 977 Egypt
- 978 Nigeria
- 979 Indonesia
- 980 Venezuela
- 981 Singapore (see also 9971)
- 982 Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa
- 983 Malaysia (see also 967)
- 984 Bangladesh
- 985 Belarus
- 986 Taiwan]
- 987 Argentina
- 988 Hong Kong
- 989 Portugal
- 9927 Qatar
- 9928 Albania
- 9929 Guatemala
- 9930 Costa Rica
- 9931 Algeria
- 9932 Laos
- 9933 Syria
- 9934 Latvia
- 9935 Iceland
- 9936 Afghanistan
- 9937 Nepal
- 9938 Tunisia
- 9939 Armenia
- 9940 Montenegro
- 9941 Georgia
- 9942 Ecuador
- 9943 Uzbekistan
- 9944 Turkey
- 9945 Dominican Republic
- 9946 North Korea
- 9947 Algeria
- 9948 United Arab Emirates
- 9949 Estonia
- 9950 Palestine (Palestinian Authority)
- 9951 Kosovo
- 9952 Azerbaijan
- 9953 Lebanon
- 9954 Morocco
- 9955 Lithuania
- 9956 Cameroon
- 9957 Jordan
- 9958 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 9959 Libya
- 9960 Saudi Arabia
- 9961 Algeria
- 9962 Panama
- 9963 Cyprus
- 9964 Ghana
- 9965 Kazakhstan
- 9966 Kenya
- 9967 Kyrgyzstan
- 9968 Costa Rica (see also 9977)
- 9970 Uganda
- 9971 Singapore (see also 981)
- 9972 Peru
- 9973 Tunisia
- 9974 Uruguay
- 9975 Moldova
- 9976 Tanzania (see also 9987)
- 9977 Costa Rica (see also 9968)
- 9978 Ecuador
- 9979 Iceland
- 9980 Papua New Guinea
- 9981 Morocco
- 9982 Zambia
- 9983 Gambia
- 9984 Latvia
- 9985 Estonia
- 9986 Lithuania
- 9987 Tanzania (see also 9976)
- 9988 Ghana
- 9989 Macedonia
- 99901 Bahrain
- 99902 Gabon
- 99903 Mauritius
- 99904 Netherlands Antilles/Aruba
- 99905 Bolivia
- 99906 Kuwait
- 99908 Malawi
- 99909 Malta
- 99910 Sierra Leone
- 99911 Lesotho
- 99912 Botswana
- 99913 Andorra (see also 99920)
- 99914 Suriname
- 99915 Maldives
- 99916 Namibia
- 99917 Brunei
- 99918 Faroe Islands
- 99919 Benin
- 99920 Andorra (see also 99913)
- 99921 Qatar
- 99922 Guatemala
- 99923 El Salvador
- 99924 Nicaragua
- 99925 Paraguay
- 99926 Honduras
- 99927 Albania
- 99928 Georgia
- 99929 Mongolia
- 99930 Armenia
- 99931 Seychelles
- 99932 Malta
- 99933 Nepal
- 99934 Dominican Republic
- 99935 Haiti
- 99936 Bhutan
- 99937 Macau
- 99938 Republika Srpska
- 99939 Guatemala
- 99940 Georgia
- 99941 Armenia
- 99942 Sudan
- 99943 Albania
- 99944 Ethiopia
- 99945 Namibia
- 99946 Nepal
- 99947 Tajikistan
- 99948 Eritrea
- 99949 Mauritius
- 99950 Cambodia
- 99951 Congo Rep.
- 99952 Mali
- 99953 Paraguay
- 99954 Bolivia
- 99955 Republika Srpska
- 99956 Albania
- 99957 Malta
- 99958 Bahrain
- 99959 Luxembourg
- 99960 Malawi
- 99961 El Salvador
- 99962 Mongolia
- 99963 Cambodia
- 99964 Nicaragua
- 99965 Macau
- 99966 Kuwait
- 99967 Paraguay
All above numbers use the first "bookland" prefix 978 in the ISBN-13 system. The 979 expansion is in progress and the few assignments already made follow:
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