| Country | Country name |
| Iraq | conventional long form: Republic of Iraq
conventional short form: Iraq
local long form: Jumhuriyat al-Iraq
local short form: Al Iraq |
| Ireland | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Ireland
local long form: none
local short form: Eire |
| Isle of Man | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Isle of Man
abbreviation: I.O.M. |
| Israel | conventional long form: State of Israel
conventional short form: Israel
local long form: Medinat Yisra'el
local short form: Yisra'el |
| Italy | conventional long form: Italian Republic
conventional short form: Italy
local long form: Repubblica Italiana
local short form: Italia
former: Kingdom of Italy |
| Jamaica | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jamaica |
| Jan Mayen | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jan Mayen |
| Japan | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Japan
local long form: Nihon-koku/Nippon-koku
local short form: Nihon/Nippon |
| Jersey | conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey |
| Jordan | conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan |
| Kazakhstan | conventional long form: Republic of Kazakhstan
conventional short form: Kazakhstan
local long form: Qazaqstan Respublikasy
local short form: Qazaqstan
former: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Kenya | conventional long form: Republic of Kenya
conventional short form: Kenya
local long form: Republic of Kenya/Jamhuri ya Kenya
local short form: Kenya
former: British East Africa |
| Kiribati | conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati
conventional short form: Kiribati
local long form: Republic of Kiribati
local short form: Kiribati
note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss
former: Gilbert Islands |
| Korea, North | conventional long form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
conventional short form: North Korea
local long form: Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
local short form: Choson
abbreviation: DPRK |
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