E.164 International Phone Number Regular Expression

Since E.164 formatted numbers are currently a big part of an average English-speaking person’s mobile phone number, it might be useful to test for this format.

Here is a useful regular expression that matches international phone numbers in the E.164 (The international public telecommunication numbering plan) format.

/^\+?[1-9]\d{1,14}$/

Matches:

  • +123456
  • +123456789101111

Non-matches:

  • (123) 456 -7890
  • +1234567891011111
  • 123-456-7890

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