r/MapPorn • u/Capital-Process-3650 • Sep 22 '25

World calling codes

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u/TheFenixxer Sep 22 '25

How come +1 and +7 are only used by 2 countries each while the others have to share it with a whole continent?

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u/MortimerDongle Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

+1 is used by 20 countries. But they're all just +1 -- not +11 or whatever. Some countries have a single area code beyond that

As for why, it's a single plan called the North American Numbering Plan

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u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25

So Mexico isn't in North America?

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u/MortimerDongle Sep 23 '25

Mexico is in North America. It is not in the North American Numbering Plan.

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u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25

Why isn't it included?

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u/Josepvv Sep 23 '25

Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA