#World countries in JSON, CSV and XML.
This repository contains lists of world countries in JSON, CSV and XML. Each line contains the country:
- name
- native name in its native language (
nativeName) - 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) - ISO 4217 currency code(s) (
currency) - calling code(s) (
callingCode) - capital city (
capital) - alternative spellings (
altSpellings) - relevance
- region
- subregion
- language(s) in English (
language) - ISO 639-1 language code(s) (
languageCodes) - name translations (
translations) - latitude and longitude (
latlng) - name of residents (
demonym) - land borders (
borders) - land area in km² (
area)
The data folder contains additional data such as the countries GeoJSON outlines and flags in SVG format.
##Examples #####JSON
{
"name": "Austria",
"nativeName": "Österreich",
"tld": [".at"],
"cca2": "AT",
"ccn3": "040",
"cca3": "AUT",
"currency": ["EUR"],
"callingCode": ["43"],
"capital": "Vienna",
"altSpellings": ["AT", "Österreich", "Osterreich", "Oesterreich"],
"relevance": "0",
"region": "Europe",
"subregion": "Western Europe",
"language": ["German"],
"languageCodes": ["de"],
"translations": {
"cy": "Awstria",
"de": "Österreich",
"es": "Austria",
"fr": "Autriche",
"it": "Austria",
"ja": "オーストリア",
"nl": "Oostenrijk",
"hr": "Austrija",
"ru": "Австрия"
},
"latlng": [47.33333333, 13.33333333],
"demonym": "Austrian",
"borders": ["CZE", "DEU", "HUN", "ITA", "LIE", "SVK", "SVN", "CHE"],
"area": 83871
}
{
"name": "Nigeria",
"nativeName": "Nigeria",
"tld": [".ng"],
"cca2": "NG",
"ccn3": "566",
"cca3": "NGA",
"currency": ["NGN"],
"callingCode": ["234"],
"capital": "Abuja",
"altSpellings": ["NG", "Nijeriya", "Naíjíríà", "Federal Republic of Nigeria"],
"relevance": "1.5",
"region": "Africa",
"subregion": "Western Africa",
"language": ["English"],
"languageCodes": ["en"],
"translations": {
"de": "Nigeria",
"es": "Nigeria",
"fr": "Nigéria",
"it": "Nigeria",
"ja": "ナイジェリア",
"nl": "Nigeria",
"hr": "Nigerija",
"ru": "Нигерия"
},
"latlng": [10, 8],
"demonym": "Nigerian",
"borders": ["BEN", "CMR", "TCD", "NER"],
"area": 923768
}#####GeoJSON outline See an example for Germany.
#####CSV
"name";"nativeName";"tld";"cca2";"ccn3";"cca3";"currency";"callingCode";"capital";"altSpellings";"relevance";"region";"subregion";"language";"languageCodes";"translations";"latlng";"demonym";"borders"
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"United Arab Emirates";"دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة";".ae,امارات.";"AE";"784";"ARE";"AED";"971";"Abu Dhabi";"AE,UAE,Emirates";"0";"Asia";"Western Asia";"Arabic";"ar";"Vereinigte Arabische Emirate,Emiratos Árabes Unidos,Émirats arabes unis,Emirati Arabi Uniti,アラブ首長国連邦,Verenigde Arabische Emiraten,Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati,Объединённые Арабские Эмираты";"24,54";"Emirati";"OMN,SAU";"83600"
"United Kingdom";"United Kingdom";".uk";"GB";"826";"GBR";"GBP";"44";"London";"GB,UK,Great Britain";"2.5";"Europe";"Northern Europe";"English";"en";"Vereinigtes Königreich,Reino Unido,Royaume-Uni,Regno Unito,イギリス,Verenigd Koninkrijk,Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo,Великобритания";"54,-2";"British";"IRL";"242900"
"United States";"United States";".us";"US";"840";"USA";"USD,USN,USS";"1";"Washington D.C.";"US,USA,United States of America";"3.5";"Americas";"Northern America";"English";"en";"Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika,Estados Unidos,États-Unis,Stati Uniti D'America,アメリカ合衆国,Verenigde Staten,Sjedinjene Američke Države,Соединённые Штаты Америки";"38,-97";"American";"CAN,MEX";"9372610"
"United States Minor Outlying Islands";"United States Minor Outlying Islands";".us";"UM";"581";"UMI";"USD";"";"";"UM";"0";"Americas";"Northern America";"English";"en";"Kleinere Inselbesitzungen der Vereinigten Staaten,Islas Ultramarinas Menores de Estados Unidos,Îles mineures éloignées des États-Unis,Isole minori esterne degli Stati Uniti d'America,合衆国領有小離島,Kleine afgelegen eilanden van de Verenigde Staten,Mali udaljeni otoci SAD-a,Внешние малые острова США";"";"American";"";"-1"
"United States Virgin Islands";"United States Virgin Islands";".vi";"VI";"850";"VIR";"USD";"1340";"Charlotte Amalie";"VI";"0.5";"Americas";"Caribbean";"English";"en";"Amerikanische Jungferninseln,Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos,Îles Vierges des États-Unis,Isole Vergini americane,アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島,Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden,Američki Djevičanski Otoci,Виргинские Острова";"18.35,-64.933333";"Virgin Islander";"";"347"
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#####XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<countries>
<country name="Afghanistan" nativeName="افغانستان" tld=".af" cca2="AF" ccn3="004" cca3="AFG" currency="AFN" callingCode="93" capital="Kabul" altSpellings="AF,Afġānistān" relevance="0" region="Asia" subregion="Southern Asia" language="Pashto,Dari" languageCodes="ps,uz,tk" translations="Affganistan,Afghanistan,Afganistán,Afghanistan,Afghanistan,アフガニスタン,Afghanistan,Afganistan,Афганистан" latlng="33,65" demonym="Afghan" borders="IRN,PAK,TKM,UZB,TJK,CHN" area="652230"/>
<country name="Åland Islands" nativeName="Åland" tld=".ax" cca2="AX" ccn3="248" cca3="ALA" currency="EUR" callingCode="358" capital="Mariehamn" altSpellings="AX,Aaland,Aland,Ahvenanmaa" relevance="0" region="Europe" subregion="Northern Europe" language="Swedish" languageCodes="sv" translations="Åland,Alandia,Åland,Isole Aland,オーランド諸島,Ålandeilanden,Ålandski otoci,Аландские острова" latlng="60.116667,19.9" demonym="Ålandish" borders="" area="-1"/>
<country name="Albania" nativeName="Shqipëria" tld=".al" cca2="AL" ccn3="008" cca3="ALB" currency="ALL" callingCode="355" capital="Tirana" altSpellings="AL,Shqipëri,Shqipëria,Shqipnia" relevance="0" region="Europe" subregion="Southern Europe" language="Albanian" languageCodes="sq" translations="Albania,Albanien,Albania,Albanie,Albania,アルバニア,Albanië,Albanija,Албания" latlng="41,20" demonym="Albanian" borders="MNE,GRC,MKD,KOS" area="28748"/>
<country name="Algeria" nativeName="الجزائر" tld=".dz,الجزائر." cca2="DZ" ccn3="012" cca3="DZA" currency="DZD" callingCode="213" capital="Algiers" altSpellings="DZ,Dzayer,Algérie" relevance="0" region="Africa" subregion="Northern Africa" language="Arabic" languageCodes="ar" translations="Algeria,Algerien,Argelia,Algérie,Algeria,アルジェリア,Algerije,Alžir,Алжир" latlng="28,3" demonym="Algerian" borders="TUN,LBY,NER,ESH,MRT,MLI,MAR" area="2381741"/>
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<countries>To understand the usefulness of the relevance parameter, please read this:
- http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/10/redesigning-the-country-selector/
- http://baymard.com/labs/country-selector
Projects using this dataset:
Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.
- add the official name of the country in english and in its native language
- add the type of the country (country, sovereign state, public body, territory, etc.)
- add missing translations
http://www.currency-iso.org/ for currency codes.
Relevance are inspired by https://github.com/JamieAppleseed/selectToAutocomplete.
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.
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
- all the contributors: https://github.com/mledoze/countries/graphs/contributors
See LICENSE.