Keyboard Layouts By Country

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Kristin Banyas

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Laptopand desktop keyboards come with various layouts and languages, which are specific to a given country or region. Here you'll find detailed illustrations to quickly determine which Windows keyboard layout you have. These are also the exact layouts we use on our decorative laptop keyboard stickers and language keyboard stickers.

Used in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and many other countries. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy US English keyboard stickers.

It has an identical symbol set as US English but with additional Euro symbol and Alt Gr key instead of Alt. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key. Can be easily misidentified as US English layout. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy US International keyboard stickers.

Used in the England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Can also be found on Malta, Gibraltar and former British colonies. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy UK British English keyboard stickers.

Used in Arabic-speaking countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, etc. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Arabic keyboard stickers.

Used in Armenia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Armenian keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Azerbaijan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Azeri keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Bangladesh and India. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Bengali keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's identical to Croatian, Slovene/Slovenian, and Serbian (Latin) layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Bosnian keyboard stickers.

Used in Myanmar. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Burmese keyboard stickers instead.

Used by Cherokee people in the United States. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Cherokee keyboard stickers instead.

Used in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Includes Cangjie, Dayi and Zhuyin symbols. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Chinese Zhuyin keyboard stickers or Chinese Cangjie keyboard stickers.

Used by writers and programmers as a faster alternative to standard QWERTY. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Colemak keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Croatia and Montenegro. It is identical to Bosnian, Slovene/Slovenian, and Serbian (Latin) layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Croatian keyboard stickers.

Used in Denmark, Greenland and Faroese Islands. It can also be a part of so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Norwegian and Swedish layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Danish keyboard stickers.

Used in Estonia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Estonian keyboard stickers instead.

Used as a faster alternative to standard French AZERTY layout. It's available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy French BPO keyboard stickers instead.

This is a QWERTY variant of French layout, used by French-speaking citizens of Canada, mainly in the Quebec region. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Canadian French keyboard stickers.

Used in France, Belgium, Morocco, Algeria, French Guyana, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire. It's also used in parts of Luxembourg and Switzerland. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy French keyboard stickers.

Used in Georgia (country). It's available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Georgian keyboard stickers instead.

An alternative to the standard layout, with extra diacritics. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Greek Polytonic keyboard stickers instead.

Used mainly in the Indian state of Gujarat. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Gujarati keyboard stickers instead.

Used by peoples speaking Inuktitut, Cree, Ojibwe, and Blackfoot languages in parts of Canada. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Inuktitut (Canadian Aboriginal Syllabary) keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Japan. It has distinct key shapes, with additional keys next to the spacebar, and changed placement of Caps Lock, Control, and Fn keys. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Japanese keyboard stickers.

Used mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kannada keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Kazakhstan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kazakh keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Cambodia and Vietnam. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Khmer keyboard stickers instead.

Used in South Korea. Basic layout (2-set), much more is available but not so popular as this one. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Korean Hangul keyboard stickers.

Used in parts of Iraq and Iran. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kurdish keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Lithuania. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Lithuanian keyboard stickers instead.

Used in North Macedonia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Macedonian keyboard stickers instead.

Used mainly in the Indian state of Kerala. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Malayalam keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Malta as an alternative to widely used UK English or Italian layouts. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Maltese keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Nepal and northern India. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Nepali keyboard stickers instead.

Used in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Northern Sami keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Norway and Svalbard. It can also be a part of the so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Danish and Swedish layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Norwegian keyboard stickers.

Used mainly in the Indian state of Odisha. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Oriya/Odia keyboard stickers instead.

Used in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Pashto keyboard stickers instead.

In widespread use in Poland. It's actually identical to the Dutch and US International layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Polish Programmers keyboard stickers.

Used back in the 80s and 90s, features Polish symbols. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Polish 214 keyboard stickers instead.

The Brazilian version of Portuguese layout. Used in Brazil. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Portuguese Brazilian ABNT keyboard stickers instead.

Used mainly in the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Punjabi Gurmukhi keyboard stickers instead.