The Fourth Quarter 2023 International Postal Database contains updated country data. For a complete list of countries and the level at which the database recognizes countries, see Country Levels.
For information about installing the Fourth Quarter 2023 International Postal Database, see the installation instructions for your respective platform.
Latvia and Luxembourg: new data at premise level
The current release of the Universal POST*CODE® DataBase provides new addressing data for Latvia and Luxembourg at premise level. The Latvia dataset contains more than 1.3 million street names and premise numbers, and the Luxembourg dataset has more than 190,000 records.
Tuvalu: inclusion of postcodes
A new dataset of 25,000 records (locality and sublocality level and postcodes) has been added for Cape Verde. The new file includes settlements.
The national postcode is composed of seven numerical characters, divided into two parts separated by a hyphen. The first four characters designate the administrative organization (island, municipality, zone, and neighborhood respectively), and the last three characters represent the postal zone, comprising a grouping of buildings or blocks: