Find Out Your International Phone Number: Receive Calls From Abroad

Find out your international phone number so you can receive phone calls and texts from abroad.

If you’d like to receive a phone call from someone in another country, you’ll need to convert your UK phone number into an international phone number. The easiest way to do this is to replace the zero at the start of your phone number with +44.

Your International Phone Number

Enter your UK phone number below to convert it into an international phone number:

Your contacts who are calling from another country will also need to add the relevant international direct dial (IDD) prefix in their country. If you’ve already entered your phone number above, the table below will show the exact phone number your contacts will need to dial:

Country	Phone Number To Dial From Country
Afghanistan	00 + international number
Albania	00 + international number
Algeria	00 + international number
Argentina	00 + international number
Armenia	00 + international number
Australia	0011 + international number
Austria	00 + international number
Azerbaijan	00 + international number
Bahamas	011 + international number
Bahrain	00 + international number
Bangladesh	00 + international number
Barbados	011 + international number
Belgium	00 + international number
Bosnia and Herzegovina	00 + international number
Bulgaria	00 + international number
Cameroon	00 + international number
Canada	011 + international number
China	00 + international number
Costa Rica	00 + international number
Croatia	00 + international number
Cuba	119 + international number
Czech Republic	00 + international number
Denmark	00 + international number
Dominican Republic	011 + international number
Ecuador	00 + international number
Egypt	00 + international number
Estonia	00 + international number
Finland	00 + international number
France	00 + international number
Gambia	00 + international number
Georgia	00 + international number
Germany	00 + international number
Ghana	00 + international number
Gibraltar	00 + international number
Greece	00 + international number
Hong Kong	00 + international number
Hungary	00 + international number
Iceland	00 + international number
India	00 + international number
Iran	00 + international number
Iraq	00 + international number
Ireland	00 + international number
Italy	00 + international number
Jamaica	011 + international number
Japan	010 + international number
Jordan	00 + international number
Kazakhstan	810 + international number
Kenya	000 + international number
Kuwait	00 + international number
Latvia	00 + international number
Lithuania	00 + international number
Luxembourg	00 + international number
Macedonia	00 + international number
Malaysia	00 + international number
Malta	00 + international number
Monaco	00 + international number
Mongolia	001 + international number
Montenegro	00 + international number
Morocco	00 + international number
Nepal	00 + international number
Netherlands	00 + international number
New Zealand	00 + international number
Nicaragua	00 + international number
Nigeria	009 + international number
Norway	00 + international number
Pakistan	00 + international number
Panama	00 + international number
Paraguay	00 + international number
Philippines	00 + international number
Poland	00 + international number
Portugal	00 + international number
Qatar	00 + international number
Romania	00 + international number
Russia	810 + international number
Saudi Arabia	00 + international number
Serbia	00 + international number
Slovakia	00 + international number
Slovenia	00 + international number
South Africa	00 + international number
Spain	00 + international number
Sri Lanka	00 + international number
Sweden	00 + international number
Switzerland	00 + international number
Syria	00 + international number
Thailand	00 + international number
Tunisia	00 + international number
Turkey	00 + international number
Ukraine	00 + international number
United Arab Emirates	00 + international number
United States	011 + international number
Uruguay	00 + international number
Venezuela	00 + international number
Zimbabwe	00 + international number
All Other Countries	+ + international number

Alternatively, if your contacts abroad are calling you from a GSM mobile phone, they can input the +44 prefix directly into their handset (to get the plus sign, you’ll need to long-press on the zero button in your mobile phone’s dialler).

If you’re using a UK-based SIM card in the UK or Europe, it will always be free for you to receive an incoming phone call (to be clear, there are no additional charges for receiving an incoming international phone call).

If you’re travelling outside of Europe, the normal roaming charges might apply for receiving an incoming phone call.

Frequently Asked Questions

Travelling Abroad

If you’re travelling abroad to another country and roaming on your UK-based SIM card, your international phone number will still remain the same. The +44 at the beginning of your international phone number refers to the fact you have a UK-based number (you don’t necessarily need to be physically inside the UK).

If you’re using a different SIM card when travelling abroad, you may have a local phone number in the country where you purchased your SIM card. In this case, you’ll also have a new international phone number.

For more information and for useful tips about using your mobile phone abroad, please see our in-depth guide to this topic.

Leading Zero

When you convert a UK phone number into an international phone number, you should remove the zero at the start and replace it with +44. A common mistake is to leave the zero in place – this is incorrect and will lead to the phone call failing to connect.

UK phone numbers are sometimes written with the leading zero in brackets: for instance, +44 (0) 7123 456 789. If you see a phone number written in this format, you should remove the zero that’s in brackets to get your international phone number.

Call Costs

Your contacts who are calling you from abroad will need to pay their phone company for an international phone call to the UK.

Typically, a different rate is charged for calls going to a UK landline and to a UK mobile. UK landline phone numbers begin with either +44 1 or +44 2, whereas UK mobile phone numbers begin with +44 7. The interactive tool above will tell you about the type of phone number being called.

If you’d like to call internationally from the UK, see our guide to the best mobile phone networks for international calling.

Visiting The UK

If you’re visiting the UK on a short-term trip, it may possibly make sense to get a UK-based SIM card. If you do this, you’ll be assigned a new UK-based phone number. Any contacts living outside the UK will need to call you on your international phone number (use the form above to find out your international number).

For more information, read our in-depth guide on the best SIM cards for visitors to the UK.

More Information

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A note about your privacy: The phone numbers you enter on this page never leave your computer. Your phone number is converted into an international phone number locally on your computer, and as such, is never communicated with our servers.