world-countries v5.0.0
World countries in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML.
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) orm
(male) - value: genderized demonym translation
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: genderized demonym object
- key:
- 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:
- REST Countries
- International Telephone Input
- Telephone JS
- Countries of the World
- Country Prefix Codes For Go
- Country Info Mapper in Go
- Visa requirements in JSON
- Country picker modal for React Native
- Agnostic Virtual Assistant
How to contribute?
Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.
To do
- add the type of the country (country, sovereign state, public body, territory, etc.)
- add missing translations
- 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.
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