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The plug family

Fifteen official types, lettered A to O by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the 1990s and later adopted by the IEC. Gold pins below are the ground. Plugbert is related to all of them, somehow.

Type A

The American Two-Prong

North & Central America, Japan

57 countries

Type B

The American Three-Prong

North & Central America, Japan

49 countries

Type C

The Europlug

Most of Europe, South America, Asia, Africa

142 countries

Type D

The Old British

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, parts of Africa

37 countries

Type E

The French

France, Belgium, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

43 countries

Type F

The Schuko

Germany and most of mainland Europe, Russia, Korea

71 countries

Type G

The British

UK, Ireland, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore, Gulf states

52 countries

Type H

The Israeli

Israel, Palestine

2 countries

Type I

The Aussie

Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina, Pacific islands

20 countries

Type J

The Swiss

Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Rwanda

5 countries

Type K

The Danish

Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands

8 countries

Type L

The Italian

Italy, San Marino, Vatican, Chile, Libya

11 countries

Type M

The Big South African

South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia

7 countries

Type N

The Brazilian

Brazil, South Africa (new installs)

2 countries

Type O

The Thai

Thailand

1 countries

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