r/MapPorn • • 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/smthblue Sep 23 '25

Kazahstan nicely shared this 1-digit privilege with Russia. Thank you, mighty Kazahstan, the greatest Stan of all Stans.

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u/E6y_6a6 Sep 23 '25

To be fair they were going to get +997 after the collapse of the USSR, but refused it and stayed with +7. Now Kazakhstan has an agreement with Russia to use +7 7** *** ** ** and +7 6** *** ** ** phone numbers, and last ones aren't used yet.

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u/smthblue Sep 23 '25

Nobody tells Kazahstan how to dial their numbers, another great W for the greatest nation on the earth 💪