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Countries data

This repository contains a list of world countries, as defined by ISO Standard 3166-1, in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML. Warning: not all entities in this project are independent countries; refer to the independent property to know if the country is considered a sovereign state.

Each line contains the country:

name
- common - common name in english
- official - official name in english
- native - list of all native names
  - key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
  - value: name object
    - key: official - official name translation
    - key: common - common name translation
country code top-level domain (tld)
code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (cca2)
code ISO 3166-1 numeric (ccn3)
code ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (cca3)
code International Olympic Committee (cioc)
ISO 3166-1 independence status (independent) (denotes the country is considered a sovereign state)
ISO 3166-1 assignment status (status)
UN Member status (unMember)
currencies - list of all currencies
- key: ISO 4217 currency code
- value: currency object
  - key: name name of the currency
  - key: symbol symbol of the currency
International Direct Dialing info (idd)
- root - the root geographical code prefix. e.g. +6 for New Zealand, +4 for UK.
- suffixes - list of all suffixes assigned to this country. 4 for NZ, 809, 829, and 849 for Dominican Republic.
capital city(ies) (capital)
alternative spellings (altSpellings)
region
subregion
list of official languages (languages)
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: name of the language in english
list of name translations (translations)
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: name object
  - key: official - official name translation
  - key: common - common name translation
latitude and longitude (latlng)
demonyms - name of residents, translated & genderized
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: genderized demonym object
  - key: f (female) or m (male)
  - value: genderized demonym translation
landlocked status (landlocked)
land borders (borders)
land area in km² (area)
Emoji flag (flag)
calling codes (callingCodes)

Additional data

The data folder contains additional data such as the countries GeoJSON outlines and flags in SVG format.

Examples

JSON

{
	"name": {
		"common": "Austria",
		"official": "Republic of Austria",
		"native": {
			"bar": {
				"official": "Republik Österreich",
				"common": "Österreich"
			}
		}
	},
	"tld": [".at"],
	"cca2": "AT",
	"ccn3": "040",
	"cca3": "AUT",
	"cioc": "AUT",
	"independent": true,
	"status": "officially-assigned",
	"unMember": true,
	"currencies": {"EUR": {"name": "Euro", "symbol": "\u20ac"}},
	"idd": {
		"root": "+4",
		"suffixes": ["3"]
	},
	"capital": ["Vienna"],
	"altSpellings": ["AT", "Osterreich", "Oesterreich"],
	"region": "Europe",
	"subregion": "Western Europe",
	"languages": {
		"bar": "Austro-Bavarian German"
	},
	"translations": {
		"cym": {"official": "Republic of Austria", "common": "Awstria"},
		"deu": {"official": "Republik Österreich", "common": "Österreich"},
		"fra": {"official": "République d'Autriche", "common": "Autriche"},
		"hrv": {"official": "Republika Austrija", "common": "Austrija"},
		"ita": {"official": "Repubblica d'Austria", "common": "Austria"},
		"jpn": {"official": "オーストリア共和国", "common": "オーストリア"},
		"nld": {"official": "Republiek Oostenrijk", "common": "Oostenrijk"},
		"por": {"official": "República da Áustria", "common": "Áustria"},
		"rus": {"official": "Австрийская Республика", "common": "Австрия"},
		"spa": {"official": "República de Austria", "common": "Austria"}
	},
	"latlng": [47.33333333, 13.33333333],
	"demonyms": {
		"fra": {
			"f": "Autrichienne",
			"m": "Autrichien"
		},
		"spa": {
			"f": "Austriaco",
			"m": "Austriaca"
		}
	},
	"landlocked": true,
	"borders": ["CZE", "DEU", "HUN", "ITA", "LIE", "SVK", "SVN", "CHE"],
	"area": 83871,
	"callingCodes": ["+43"]
	"flag": "\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9"
}

GeoJSON and TopoJSON outlines

See an example for Germany: GeoJSON or TopoJSON.

CSV

"name";"tld";"cca2";"ccn3";"cca3";"cioc";"currency";"idd";"capital";"altSpellings";"region";"subregion";"languages";"translations";"latlng";"demonym";"landlocked";"borders";"area"
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"Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba";".aw";"AW";"533";"ABW";"ARU";"AWG";"+2,97";"Oranjestad";"AW";"Americas";"Caribbean";"Dutch,Papiamento";"Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,アルバ,アルバ,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Аруба,Аруба,Aruba,Aruba";"12.5,-69.96666666";"Aruban";"";"";"180"
"Afghanistan,Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان,افغانستان,د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,افغانستان,Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy,Owganystan";".af";"AF";"004";"AFG";"AFG";"AFN";"+9,3";"Kabul";"AF,Afġānistān";"Asia";"Southern Asia";"Dari,Pashto,Turkmen";"Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,Affganistan,Islamischen Republik Afghanistan,Afghanistan,Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta,Afganistan,République islamique d'Afghanistan,Afghanistan,Islamska Republika Afganistan,Afganistan,Repubblica islamica dell'Afghanistan,Afghanistan,アフガニスタン·イスラム共和国,アフガニスタン,Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan,Afghanistan,República Islâmica do Afeganistão,Afeganistão,Исламская Республика Афганистан,Афганистан,República Islámica de Afganistán,Afganistán";"33,65";"Afghan";"1";"IRN,PAK,TKM,UZB,TJK,CHN";"652230"
"Angola,Republic of Angola,República de Angola,Angola";".ao";"AO";"024";"AGO";"ANG";"AOA";"+2,44";"Luanda";"AO,República de Angola,ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla";"Africa";"Middle Africa";"Portuguese";"Republic of Angola,Angola,Republik Angola,Angola,Angolan tasavalta,Angola,République d'Angola,Angola,Republika Angola,Angola,Repubblica dell'Angola,Angola,アンゴラ共和国,アンゴラ,Republiek Angola,Angola,República de Angola,Angola,Республика Ангола,Ангола,República de Angola,Angola";"-12.5,18.5";"Angolan";"";"COG,COD,ZMB,NAM";"1246700"
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XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<countries>
  <country name="Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba" tld=".aw" cca2="AW" ccn3="533" cca3="ABW" cioc="ARU" currency="AWG" idd="+2,97" capital="Oranjestad" altSpellings="AW" region="Americas" subregion="Caribbean" languages="Dutch,Papiamento" translations="Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,アルバ,アルバ,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Aruba,Аруба,Аруба,Aruba,Aruba" latlng="12.5,-69.96666666" demonym="Aruban" landlocked="" borders="" area="180"/>
  <country name="Afghanistan,Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان,افغانستان,د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,افغانستان,Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy,Owganystan" tld=".af" cca2="AF" ccn3="004" cca3="AFG" cioc="AFG" currency="AFN" idd="+9,3" capital="Kabul" altSpellings="AF,Afġānistān" region="Asia" subregion="Southern Asia" languages="Dari,Pashto,Turkmen" translations="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,Affganistan,Islamischen Republik Afghanistan,Afghanistan,Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta,Afganistan,République islamique d'Afghanistan,Afghanistan,Islamska Republika Afganistan,Afganistan,Repubblica islamica dell'Afghanistan,Afghanistan,アフガニスタン·イスラム共和国,アフガニスタン,Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan,Afghanistan,República Islâmica do Afeganistão,Afeganistão,Исламская Республика Афганистан,Афганистан,República Islámica de Afganistán,Afganistán" latlng="33,65" demonym="Afghan" landlocked="1" borders="IRN,PAK,TKM,UZB,TJK,CHN" area="652230"/>
  <country name="Angola,Republic of Angola,República de Angola,Angola" tld=".ao" cca2="AO" ccn3="024" cca3="AGO" cioc="ANG" currency="AOA" idd="+2,44" capital="Luanda" altSpellings="AO,República de Angola,ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla" region="Africa" subregion="Middle Africa" languages="Portuguese" translations="Republic of Angola,Angola,Republik Angola,Angola,Angolan tasavalta,Angola,République d'Angola,Angola,Republika Angola,Angola,Repubblica dell'Angola,Angola,アンゴラ共和国,アンゴラ,Republiek Angola,Angola,República de Angola,Angola,Республика Ангола,Ангола,República de Angola,Angola" latlng="-12.5,18.5" demonym="Angolan" landlocked="" borders="COG,COD,ZMB,NAM" area="1246700"/>
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<countries>

YAML

- { name: { common: Aruba, official: Aruba, native: { nld: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, pap: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba } } }, tld: [.aw], cca2: AW, ccn3: '533', cca3: ABW, cioc: ARU, currency: [AWG], idd: { root: '+2', suffixes: ['97'] }, capital: Oranjestad, altSpellings: [AW], region: Americas, subregion: Caribbean, languages: { nld: Dutch, pap: Papiamento }, translations: { deu: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, fin: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, fra: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, hrv: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, ita: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, jpn: { official: アルバ, common: アルバ }, nld: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, por: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, rus: { official: Аруба, common: Аруба }, spa: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba } }, latlng: [12.5, -69.96666666], demonym: Aruban, landlocked: false, borders: {  }, area: 180 }
- { name: { common: Afghanistan, official: 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan', native: { prs: { official: 'جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان', common: افغانستان }, pus: { official: 'د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت', common: افغانستان }, tuk: { official: 'Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy', common: Owganystan } } }, tld: [.af], cca2: AF, ccn3: '004', cca3: AFG, cioc: AFG, currency: [AFN], idd: { root: '+9', suffixes: ['3'] }, capital: Kabul, altSpellings: [AF, Afġānistān], region: Asia, subregion: 'Southern Asia', languages: { prs: Dari, pus: Pashto, tuk: Turkmen }, translations: { cym: { official: 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan', common: Affganistan }, deu: { official: 'Islamischen Republik Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, fin: { official: 'Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta', common: Afganistan }, fra: { official: 'République islamique d''Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, hrv: { official: 'Islamska Republika Afganistan', common: Afganistan }, ita: { official: 'Repubblica islamica dell''Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, jpn: { official: アフガニスタン·イスラム共和国, common: アフガニスタン }, nld: { official: 'Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, por: { official: 'República Islâmica do Afeganistão', common: Afeganistão }, rus: { official: 'Исламская Республика Афганистан', common: Афганистан }, spa: { official: 'República Islámica de Afganistán', common: Afganistán } }, latlng: [33, 65], demonym: Afghan, landlocked: true, borders: [IRN, PAK, TKM, UZB, TJK, CHN], area: 652230 }
- { name: { common: Angola, official: 'Republic of Angola', native: { por: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola } } }, tld: [.ao], cca2: AO, ccn3: '024', cca3: AGO, cioc: ANG, currency: [AOA], idd: { root: '+2', suffixes: ['44'] }, capital: Luanda, altSpellings: [AO, 'República de Angola', 'ʁɛpublika de an''ɡɔla'], region: Africa, subregion: 'Middle Africa', languages: { por: Portuguese }, translations: { cym: { official: 'Republic of Angola', common: Angola }, deu: { official: 'Republik Angola', common: Angola }, fin: { official: 'Angolan tasavalta', common: Angola }, fra: { official: 'République d''Angola', common: Angola }, hrv: { official: 'Republika Angola', common: Angola }, ita: { official: 'Repubblica dell''Angola', common: Angola }, jpn: { official: アンゴラ共和国, common: アンゴラ }, nld: { official: 'Republiek Angola', common: Angola }, por: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola }, rus: { official: 'Республика Ангола', common: Ангола }, spa: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola } }, latlng: [-12.5, 18.5], demonym: Angolan, landlocked: false, borders: [COG, COD, ZMB, NAM], area: 1246700 }

Customising the output

The data files provided in the dist directory include all available fields, but is also possible to build a custom version of the data with certain fields excluded.

To do this, you will first need a working PHP installation, composer and a local copy of this repository. Once you have these, open a terminal in your local version of this project's root directory and run this command to install the necessary dependencies:

composer install

After this finishes, run the following command (here we will exclude the tld field from the output, but you can exclude any field you want):

php countries.php convert --exclude-field=tld

You can also exclude multiple fields:

php countries.php convert --exclude-field=tld --exclude-field=cca2

# Or using the shorter `-x` syntax:
php countries.php convert -x tld -x cca2

If you prefer to include only some fields (this can not be combined with --exclude-field):

php countries.php convert --include-field=name --include-field=area

# or using the shorter `-i` syntax:
php countries.php convert -i name -i area

The generated files are put into the dist directory, but you can change this to another existing directory:

mkdir foobar
php countries.php convert --output-dir=foobar

You can also choose to only generate some of the output formats:

mkdir foobar
php countries.php convert --format=json_unescaped --format=csv

# or using the shorter `-f` syntax:
php countries.php convert -f json_unescaped -f csv

Showcase

Projects using this dataset:

How to contribute?

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

To do

add the type of the country (country, sovereign state, public body, territory, etc.)
pull in data automatically from CLDR at build time (idea from @Munter, see #108)

Sources

https://www.currency-iso.org/ for currency codes.

Region and subregion are taken from https://github.com/hexorx/countries.

GeoJSON outlines come from http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php.

The rest comes from Wikipedia.

Credits

Thanks to:

@Glazz for his help with country calling codes
@hexorx for his work (https://github.com/hexorx/countries)
@frederik-jacques for the capital cities
@fayer for the population, geolocation, demonym and area data
@ancosen for his help with the borders data
@herrjemand for country names and various fixes
all the contributors: https://github.com/mledoze/countries/graphs/contributors

License

See LICENSE.

Flags are not licensed under the ODbL license; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_on_emblems for more information.

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