Question: I am calling a country with country code “0060” – I don’t recognize this number. What country is it? The phone number I was given is “0060 3 2078 XXXX.”
Answer: The number you are trying to call looks like it is in Malaysia.
“00” is an international exit code (the number used to access the international switchboard) for most European and many Asian countries. If ’00’ is dialed from a country that does not use that as its exit code (the U.S. and Canada use ‘011’, Australia uses ‘0011’, Japan uses ‘010’, many countries of the former U.S.S.R use ‘8’ – wait for the dial tone – ’10’), the call will not work.
“60” is the country code for Malaysia. It is the number that is dialed to reach France from the international switchboard.
The remainder of the number appears to be the format for a Malaysian phone number. The ‘3’ signifies the area code for Kuala Lumpur within the Malaysian numbering system. The remainder of the phone number is separated into eight numbers (two blocks of four digits).
If this number was dialed from Australia, it would be dialed:
0011 60 3 2078 XXXX
If this number was dialed from the U.S or Canada., it would be dialed:
011 60 3 2078 XXXX
If this number was dialed from Singapore, New Zealand, India, China, Vietnam, or Brunei it would be dialed:
00 60 3 2078 XXXX
If this number was dialed from Thailand, it would be dialed:
001 60 3 2078 XXXX
If this number was dialed from Indonesia, it would be dialed:
001 60 3 2078 XXXX or 007 60 3 2078 XXXX or 008 60 3 2078 XXXX or 009 60 3 2078 XXXX (depending on the international call carrier)
If this number was dialed from Japan, it would be dialed:
010 60 3 2078 XXXX
See our “how to call Malaysia” page for details on how to call Malaysia from anywhere in the world.