ISO 3166-1 numeric
Withdrawn codes

Code
Country name
Notes
128
Canton and Enderbury Islands
-
200
Czechoslovakia
-
216
Dronning Maud Land
-
230
Ethiopia
before Eritrea split away in 1993
249
France, Metropolitan
-
278
German Democratic Republic
i.e., East Germany
280
Germany, Federal Republic of
i.e., West Germany
396
Johnston Island
-
488
Midway Islands
-
530
Netherlands Antilles
after Aruba split away in 1986
532
Netherlands Antilles
before Aruba split away in 1986
536
Neutral Zone
-
582
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
-
590
Panama
before adding Panama Canal Zone in 1979
658
Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
-
720
Yemen, Democratic
i.e., South Yemen
736
Sudan
before South Sudan split away in 2011
810
USSR
-
849
United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
-
872
Wake Island
-
886
Yemen Arab Republic
i.e., North Yemen
890
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of
-
891
Serbia and Montenegro
original name: Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of

Question: What code did Germany use before?
Answer: East Germany and West Germany used numeric codes 278 and 280.