Canterbury London Accountants have tabulated the information below for international businesses and UK businesses dealing with overseas customers or suppliers. It is important to familiarise yourself with different time zones of different countries so that you would not end up calling people in other country after their business hours. This information below will help you to plan things ahead to make good use of expensive time and save money on telecommunications.
Country
|
Abbr.
|
GMT
|
Population (million)
|
Capital
|
Population (million)
|
Country code
|
Currency
|
|
Algeria
|
DZ
|
+1
|
33
|
Algiers
|
1.6
|
213
|
Dinar
|
|
Argentina
|
RA
|
-3
|
40
|
Buenos Aires
|
2.8
|
54
|
Peso
|
|
Australia
|
AUS
|
+10
|
21
|
Canberra
|
0.33
|
61
|
A. Dollar
|
|
Austria
|
A
|
+8
|
8
|
Vienna
|
1.6
|
43
|
euro
|
|
Bangladesh
|
BD
|
+6
|
149
|
Dhaka
|
5.7
|
880
|
taka
|
|
Belarus
|
BY
|
+2
|
10
|
Minsk
|
1.8
|
375
|
ruble
|
|
Belgium
|
B
|
+1
|
10
|
Brussels
|
0.15
|
32
|
euro
|
|
Bolivia
|
BOL
|
-4
|
9
|
La Paz
|
0.8
|
591
|
boliviano
|
|
Bosnia & Herz
|
BIH
|
+1
|
4
|
Sarajevo
|
0.41
|
387
|
mark
|
|
Brazil
|
BR
|
-3
|
187
|
Brasilia
|
2.1
|
55
|
real
|
|
Bulgaria
|
BG
|
+2
|
8
|
Sofia
|
1.1
|
359
|
lev
|
|
Canada
|
CDN
|
-5
|
33
|
Ottawa
|
0.78
|
1
|
C. Dollar
|
|
Chile
|
RCH
|
-4
|
16
|
Santiago
|
4.7
|
56
|
peso
|
|
China
|
VRC
|
+8
|
1314
|
Beijing
|
7.5
|
86
|
yuan
|
|
Colombia
|
CO
|
-5
|
42
|
Bogota
|
6.9
|
57
|
Peso
|
|
Croatia
|
HR
|
+1
|
5
|
Zagreb
|
0.7
|
385
|
kuna
|
|
Cuba
|
C
|
+5
|
12
|
Havana
|
2.3
|
53
|
peso
|
|
Czech Republic
|
CZ
|
+1
|
10
|
Prague
|
1.2
|
420
|
Koruna
|
|
Denmark
|
DK
|
+1
|
5
|
Copenhagen
|
0.6
|
45
|
Krone
|
|
Ecuador
|
EC
|
-5
|
13
|
Quito
|
1.5
|
593
|
U.S. Dollar
|
|
Egypt
|
ET
|
+2
|
79
|
Cairo
|
7.7
|
20
|
E. Pound
|
|
Ethiopia
|
ETH
|
+3
|
75
|
Addis Ababa
|
2.8
|
251
|
birr
|
|
Finland
|
FIN
|
+2
|
5
|
Helsinki
|
0.6
|
358
|
euro
|
|
France
|
F
|
+1
|
64
|
Paris
|
2.2
|
33
|
euro
|
|
Germany
|
D
|
+1
|
82
|
Berlin
|
3.4
|
49
|
euro
|
|
Ghana
|
GH
|
GMT
|
21
|
Accra
|
1.6
|
233
|
cedi
|
|
Greece
|
GR
|
+2
|
11
|
Athens
|
0.8
|
30
|
euro
|
|
Hong Kong
|
HK
|
+8
|
7
|
Victoria
|
0.7
|
852
|
H.K. Dollar
|
|
Hungary
|
H
|
+1
|
10
|
Budapest
|
1.8
|
36
|
forint
|
|
India
|
IND
|
+5.3
|
1119
|
New Delhi
|
0.3
|
91
|
rupee
|
|
Indonesia
|
RI
|
+7
|
233
|
Jakarta
|
8.4
|
62
|
rupiah
|
|
Iran
|
IR
|
+3.3
|
70
|
Tehran
|
7.1
|
98
|
rial
|
|
Iraq
|
IRQ
|
+3
|
28
|
Baghdad
|
5.5
|
964
|
dinar
|
|
Ireland
|
IRL
|
GMT
|
4
|
Dublin
|
0.5
|
353
|
euro
|
|
Isreal
|
ISR
|
+2
|
7
|
Tel Aviv
|
0.71
|
972
|
Shekel
|
|
Italy
|
I
|
+1
|
58
|
Rome
|
2.6
|
39
|
euro
|
|
Japan
|
J
|
+9
|
127
|
Tokyo
|
8.1
|
81
|
yen
|
|
Kenya
|
EAK
|
+3
|
34
|
Nairobi
|
2.2
|
254
|
shiling
|
|
Lithuania
|
LT
|
+2
|
3
|
Vilnius
|
0.6
|
370
|
litas
|
|
Luxembourg
|
L
|
+1
|
0.5
|
Luxembourg
|
0.08
|
352
|
euro
|
|
Madagascar
|
RM
|
+3
|
18
|
Antananarivo
|
1.7
|
261
|
ariary
|
|
Malaysia
|
MAL
|
+8
|
25
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
1.4
|
60
|
ringgit
|
|
Mexico
|
MEX
|
-6
|
108
|
Mexico city
|
8.7
|
52
|
peso
|
|
Morocco
|
MA
|
GMT
|
31
|
Rabat
|
0.7
|
212
|
dirham
|
|
Netherlands
|
NL
|
+1
|
16
|
Amsterdam
|
0.8
|
31
|
euro
|
|
New Zealand
|
NZ
|
+12
|
4
|
Wellington
|
0.17
|
64
|
N.Z. Dollar
|
|
Nigeria
|
WAN
|
+1
|
132
|
Abuja
|
0.5
|
234
|
naira
|
|
Norway
|
N
|
+1
|
5
|
Oslo
|
0.6
|
47
|
krone
|
|
Pakistan
|
PK
|
+5
|
159
|
Islamabad
|
0.6
|
92
|
rupee
|
|
Peru
|
PE
|
-5
|
27
|
Lima
|
6.5
|
51
|
nuevo sol
|
|
Philippines
|
RP
|
+8
|
90
|
Manila
|
1.6
|
63
|
peso
|
|
Poland
|
PL
|
+1
|
38
|
Warsaw
|
1.7
|
48
|
zioty
|
|
Potugal
|
P
|
GMT
|
11
|
Lisbon
|
0.6
|
351
|
euro
|
|
Romania
|
RO
|
+2
|
21
|
Bucharest
|
2
|
40
|
leu
|
|
Russia
|
RUS
|
+3
|
142
|
Moscow
|
11
|
7
|
ruble
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
KSA
|
+3
|
25
|
Riyadh
|
4.1
|
966
|
riyal
|
|
Serbia
|
SR
|
+1
|
10
|
Belgrade
|
1.3
|
381
|
dinar
|
|
Singapore
|
SGP
|
+8
|
4
|
Singapore
|
3.3
|
65
|
S dollar
|
|
Slovakia
|
SK
|
+1
|
5
|
Bratislava
|
0.5
|
421
|
koruna
|
|
South Africa
|
ZA
|
+2
|
47
|
Pretoria
|
0.7
|
27
|
rand
|
|
South Korea
|
ROK
|
+9
|
49
|
Seoul
|
9.9
|
82
|
won
|
|
Spain
|
E
|
+1
|
43
|
Madrid
|
3.1
|
34
|
euro
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
CL
|
+5.3
|
20
|
Colombo
|
0.12
|
94
|
rupee
|
|
Sudan
|
SUD
|
+3
|
36
|
Khartoum
|
1
|
249
|
dinarS
|
|
Sweden
|
S
|
+1
|
9
|
Stockholm
|
0.8
|
46
|
krona
|
|
Switzerland
|
CH
|
+1
|
7
|
Bern
|
0.12
|
41
|
S. Franc
|
|
Taiwan
|
RC
|
+8
|
23
|
Taipei
|
2.7
|
886
|
T. Dollar
|
|
Tanzania
|
EAT
|
+3
|
38
|
Dodoma
|
0.15
|
255
|
shiling
|
|
Thailand
|
THA
|
+7
|
65
|
Bangkok
|
6.4
|
66
|
baht
|
|
Tunisia
|
TN
|
+1
|
10
|
Tunis
|
0.7
|
216
|
dinar
|
|
Turkey
|
TR
|
+2
|
70
|
Ankara
|
3.3
|
90
|
lira
|
|
Ukraine
|
UA
|
+2
|
46
|
Kiev
|
2.7
|
380
|
hryvnia
|
|
United Kingdom
|
UK
|
GMT
|
61
|
London
|
7.4
|
44
|
pound
|
|
Uruguay
|
ROU
|
-3
|
3
|
Montevideo
|
1.4
|
598
|
peso
|
|
USA
|
USA
|
-5
|
300
|
Washington DC
|
0.6
|
1
|
dollar
|
|
Venezuela
|
YV
|
-4
|
26
|
Caracas
|
1.9
|
58
|
bolivar
|
|
Vietnam
|
VN
|
+7
|
85
|
Hanoi
|
2.7
|
84
|
dong
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
ZW
|
+2
|
13
|
Harare
|
1.5
|
263
|
zim dollar
|
