Countryinfo

A lightweight Python library for accessing comprehensive country data — including ISO codes, states/provinces, capital cities, currencies, languages, and other geographic information.

   

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Table of Contents

• Countryinfo
  • Table of Contents
  • Install
  • Quick Start
  • Constructor
  • API Reference
    • Country lookup
    • .info()
    • .name()
    • .iso()
    • .alt_spellings()
    • .area()
    • .borders()
    • .neighbors()
    • .calling_codes()
    • .capital()
    • .capital_latlng()
    • .currencies()
    • .demonym()
    • .geo_json()
    • .languages()
    • .latlng()
    • .native_name()
    • .population()
    • .provinces()
    • .region()
    • .subregion()
    • .timezones()
    • .timezone_names()
    • .current_utc_offset()
    • .tld()
    • .translations()
    • .wiki()
    • .google()
  • Filter & Reverse Queries
    • all_countries()
    • filter_countries()
    • CountryInfo.all()
  • Optional Extras
    • Fuzzy / typo-tolerant lookup
    • Pydantic models
  • CLI
  • Errors
  • Contributing
    • How to contribute
  • Special Thanks
  • Disclaimer
  • License

Install

pip install countryinfo

With optional extras:

pip install "countryinfo[fuzzy]"    # typo-tolerant country lookup
pip install "countryinfo[pydantic]" # Pydantic v2 typed models
pip install "countryinfo[all]"      # everything above

Using Poetry:

poetry add countryinfo
poetry add "countryinfo[fuzzy,pydantic]"

Install from source:

git clone https://github.com/porimol/countryinfo.git
cd countryinfo
poetry install

Quick Start

from countryinfo import CountryInfo

country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
print(country.capital())      # Singapore
print(country.iso(2))         # SG
print(country.population())   # 5469700
print(country.neighbors())    # [] — island, no land borders

Constructor

CountryInfo accepts any of the following identifiers (case-insensitive):

CountryInfo("Singapore")              # English name
CountryInfo("singapore")              # lowercase — OK
CountryInfo("SG")                     # ISO alpha-2
CountryInfo("SGP")                    # ISO alpha-3
CountryInfo("702")                    # ISO numeric (string or int)
CountryInfo(702)                      # ISO numeric (int)
CountryInfo("Singapura")              # native / alternate name
CountryInfo("Republic of Singapore")  # full official name

Raises ValueError if no identifier is supplied. Raises CountryNotFoundError (a LookupError) if the identifier cannot be resolved.

API Reference

To access country details, first create a CountryInfo instance using a country name or code. Then, use the methods listed below to retrieve specific properties.

Country lookup

from countryinfo import CountryInfo

sg = CountryInfo("SG")   # ISO alpha-2
de = CountryInfo("DEU")  # ISO alpha-3
fr = CountryInfo(250)    # ISO numeric

.info()

Returns all available data for the country.

CountryInfo("Singapore").info()
# {
#   'name': 'Singapore',
#   'ISO': {'alpha2': 'SG', 'alpha3': 'SGP', 'numeric': '702'},
#   'altSpellings': ['SG', 'Singapura', 'Republic of Singapore', ...],
#   'area': 710,
#   'borders': [],
#   'callingCodes': ['65'],
#   'capital': 'Singapore',
#   'capital_latlng': [1.357107, 103.819499],
#   'currencies': ['SGD'],
#   'demonym': 'Singaporean',
#   'languages': ['en', 'ms', 'ta', 'zh'],
#   'latlng': [1.36666666, 103.8],
#   'nativeName': 'Singapore',
#   'population': 5469700,
#   'provinces': ['Singapore'],
#   'region': 'Asia',
#   'subregion': 'South-eastern Asia',
#   'timezones': ['UTC+08:00'],
#   'timezoneNames': ['Asia/Singapore'],
#   'tld': ['.sg'],
#   'translations': {'de': 'Singapur', 'es': 'Singapur', ...},
#   'wiki': 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/singapore',
#   'google': 'https://www.google.com/search?q=Singapore',
# }

# Similar can also be achieved via country code or any
# alternate name of a country. For example, Singapur
# would be:
country = CountryInfo('SG')
country.info()

.name()

Returns the English country name (proper casing).

CountryInfo("SG").name()   # 'Singapore'
CountryInfo("SGP").name()  # 'Singapore'

.iso()

Returns ISO 3166-1 codes. Now includes numeric code.

country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.iso()   # {'alpha2': 'SG', 'alpha3': 'SGP', 'numeric': '702'}
country.iso(2)  # 'SG'
country.iso(3)  # 'SGP'

.alt_spellings()

Returns alternate spellings for the name of a specified country

CountryInfo("Singapore").alt_spellings()
# ['SG', 'Singapura', 'Republic of Singapore', ...]

.area()

Returns area (km²) for a specified country

CountryInfo("Singapore").area()  # 710

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.area()  # 710

.borders()

Bordering countries as ISO alpha-3 codes.

CountryInfo("Germany").borders()
# ['AUT', 'BEL', 'CHE', 'CZE', 'DNK', 'FRA', 'LUX', 'NLD', 'POL']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.borders()

.neighbors()

Bordering countries as CountryInfo objects. New in v1.0.0.

for neighbor in CountryInfo("France").neighbors():
    print(neighbor.name(), neighbor.capital())
# Germany  Berlin
# Belgium  Brussels
# ...

.calling_codes()

Returns international calling codes for a specified country

CountryInfo("Singapore").calling_codes()  # ['65']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.calling_codes()  # ['65']

.capital()

Returns capital city for a specified country

CountryInfo("Singapore").capital()  # 'Singapore'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.capital()  # 'Singapore'

.capital_latlng()

Returns capital city latitude and longitude for a specified country

CountryInfo("Singapore").capital_latlng()  # [1.357107, 103.819499]

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.capital_latlng()  # [1.357107, 103.819499]

.currencies()

CountryInfo("Singapore").currencies()  # ['SGD']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.currencies()  # ['SGD']

.demonym()

CountryInfo("Singapore").demonym()  # 'Singaporean'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.demonym()  # 'Singaporean'

.geo_json()

Returns GeoJSON FeatureCollection for the country boundary.

CountryInfo("Bangladesh").geo_json()
# {'type': 'FeatureCollection', 'features': [...]}

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.geo_json()
# {'type': 'FeatureCollection', 'features': [...]}

.languages()

ISO 639-1 language codes.

CountryInfo("Singapore").languages()  # ['en', 'ms', 'ta', 'zh']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.languages()  # ['en', 'ms', 'ta', 'zh']

.latlng()

Approximate country centre coordinates.

CountryInfo("Singapore").latlng()  # [1.36666666, 103.8]

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.latlng()

.native_name()

Returns the name of the country in its native tongue

CountryInfo("Germany").native_name()  # 'Deutschland'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Germany")
country.native_name()  # 'Deutschland'

.population()

CountryInfo("Singapore").population()  # 5469700

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.population()  # 5469700

.provinces()

Return provinces list

CountryInfo("Singapore").provinces()  # ['Singapore']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.provinces()  # ['Singapore']

.region()

CountryInfo("Singapore").region()  # 'Asia'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.region()  # 'Asia'

.subregion()

CountryInfo("Singapore").subregion()  # 'South-eastern Asia'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.subregion()  # 'South-eastern Asia'

.timezones()

Static UTC offset strings.

CountryInfo("Singapore").timezones()    # ['UTC+08:00']
CountryInfo("Switzerland").timezones()  # ['UTC+01:00', 'UTC+02:00']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.timezones()    # ['UTC+08:00']

.timezone_names()

IANA timezone names. New in v1.0.0.

CountryInfo("Singapore").timezone_names()   # ['Asia/Singapore']
CountryInfo("United States").timezone_names()
# ['America/New_York', 'America/Chicago', 'America/Denver', ...]

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.timezone_names()  # ['Asia/Singapore']

.current_utc_offset()

DST-aware current UTC offset(s). Uses zoneinfo (stdlib). New in v1.0.0.

CountryInfo("Singapore").current_utc_offset()    # ['+08:00']
CountryInfo("Switzerland").current_utc_offset()  # ['+01:00'] or ['+02:00'] depending on season
CountryInfo("United States").current_utc_offset()
# ['-05:00', '-06:00', '-07:00', '-08:00', '-09:00', '-10:00']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.current_utc_offset()  # ['+08:00']

.tld()

CountryInfo("Singapore").tld()  # ['.sg']

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.tld()  # ['.sg']

.translations()

Country name in major languages.

CountryInfo("Singapore").translations()
# {'de': 'Singapur', 'es': 'Singapur', 'fr': 'Singapour', 'it': 'Singapore', 'ja': 'シンガポール'}

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.translations()

.wiki()

CountryInfo("Singapore").wiki()
# 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/singapore'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.wiki()

.google()

CountryInfo("Singapore").google()
# 'https://www.google.com/search?q=Singapore'

# or
country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
country.google()

Filter & Reverse Queries

all_countries()

Returns every country as a list of CountryInfo objects. New in v1.0.0.

from countryinfo import all_countries

countries = all_countries()
capitals = [c.capital() for c in countries]

filter_countries()

Filter all countries by field. New in v1.0.0.

from countryinfo import filter_countries

# All countries in Asia
asia = filter_countries(region="Asia")

# All Arabic-speaking countries
arabic = filter_countries(language="ar")

# Eurozone countries
eurozone = filter_countries(currency="EUR")

# Countries that border France
near_france = filter_countries(border="FRA")

# Combine filters (AND logic)
result = filter_countries(region="Europe", currency="EUR")
for c in result:
    print(c.name(), c.capital())

Supported keyword arguments: region, subregion, language, currency, border, calling_code, tld.

CountryInfo.all()

Returns raw data for all countries as a dict (backward-compatible classmethod).

from countryinfo import CountryInfo

data = CountryInfo.all()  # {lowercase_name: {...}, ...}

Optional Extras

Fuzzy / typo-tolerant lookup

pip install "countryinfo[fuzzy]"

Once installed, the constructor automatically falls back to fuzzy matching when an exact match fails:

CountryInfo("Singaproe").name()  # 'Singapore'  (typo corrected)
CountryInfo("Germny").name()     # 'Germany'

Pydantic models

pip install "countryinfo[pydantic]"

country = CountryInfo("Singapore")
model = country.model()

print(model.name)          # Singapore
print(model.iso.alpha2)    # SG
print(model.iso.numeric)   # 702
print(model.capital)       # Singapore
print(model.population)    # 5469700

CLI

A command-line tool is included.

# Full country info
countryinfo Singapore

# Specific field
countryinfo Singapore --field capital
countryinfo SG --field iso
countryinfo 702 --field current_utc_offset

# Filter
countryinfo --filter region=Asia
countryinfo --filter currency=EUR
countryinfo --filter region=Europe currency=EUR

# JSON output
countryinfo Singapore --json
countryinfo --filter language=ar --json

Errors

from countryinfo import CountryInfo, CountryNotFoundError

try:
    country = CountryInfo("Xanadu")
except CountryNotFoundError as e:
    print(e)  # Country not found: 'Xanadu'. Pass a country name, ISO ...

# CountryNotFoundError is a LookupError
try:
    CountryInfo(None)
except ValueError:
    pass  # None or empty string raises ValueError

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — bug reports, data corrections, and pull requests.

See the list of contributors who have participated in this project.

How to contribute

1. Fork the repository on GitHub.
2. Clone your fork locally.
3. Create a new branch from main.
4. Make your changes and add/update tests in tests/.
5. Run the test suite: poetry run pytest tests/ -v
6. Open a pull request against main.

Data corrections: Each country is a single JSON file in countryinfo/data/. Edit the relevant file and open a PR — no Python changes needed for data-only fixes.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to johan for world.geo.json, which made the GeoJSON data possible.

Inspired by countryjs by Oz Haven.

Disclaimer

This library is maintained in the contributor's free time. Data is sourced primarily from Wikipedia. If you find an error, please open an issue.

License

MIT License — Copyright (c) 2018, Porimol Chandro