countries-db

This is a minimalistic library to work with countries data.

Usage

NodeJS

Install with npm or yarn:

npm install --save countries-db

Browser

Add the following script to your project (only ~9kb):

<!-- Latest version -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/manuelmhtr/countries-db@latest/dist/index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
<!-- Or specify a version -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/manuelmhtr/countries-db@v1.2.0/dist/index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
<!-- This will export a variable named "countriesDb": -->
<script type="text/javascript">
  var data = countriesDb.getCountry('US');
  console.log(data);
</script> 

API

.getCountry(id, [property])

Returns a country referenced by its id.

If the property argument is specified, it will only return the value of that property.

Example

const countriesDB = require('countries-db');
 
const population = countriesDB.getCountry('MX', 'population');
console.log(population);
 
/*
Prints: 112468855
*/
 
const country = countriesDB.getCountry('MX');
console.log(country);
 
/*
Prints:
 
{
  id: 'MX',
  name: 'Mexico',
  officialName: 'The United Mexican States',
  emoji: '🇲🇽',
  emojiUnicode: 'U+1F1F2 U+1F1FD',
  iso2: 'MX',
  iso3: 'MEX',
  isoNumeric: '484',
  geonameId: 3996063,
  continentId: 'NA',
  population: 112468855,
  elevation: 2062,
  areaSqKm: 1972550,
  coordinates: {
    latitude: 23,
    longitude: -102
  },
  timezones: [
    'America/Bahia_Banderas',
    'America/Cancun',
    'America/Chihuahua',
    'America/Ensenada',
    'America/Hermosillo',
    'America/Matamoros',
    'America/Mazatlan',
    'America/Merida',
    'America/Mexico_City',
    'America/Monterrey',
    'America/Ojinaga',
    'America/Santa_Isabel',
    'America/Tijuana'
  ],
  domain: '.mx',
  currencyCode: 'MXN',
  currencyName: 'Peso',
  postalCodeFormat: '#####',
  postalCodeRegex: '^(\\d{5})$',
  phoneCode: '+52',
  neighborCountryIds: [ 'GT', 'US', 'BZ' ],
  languages: [ 'es' ],
  locales: [ 'es-MX' ]
}
*/

.getAllCountries()

Returns an object with the data of all countries.

Example

const countriesDB = require('countries-db');
 
const countries = countriesDB.getAllCountries();
console.log(countries);
 
/*
Prints:
 
{
  AD: {
    id: 'AD',
    name: 'Andorra',
    officialName: 'The Principality of Andorra',
    emoji: '🇦🇩',
    ...
  },
  AE: {
    id: 'AE',
     name: 'United Arab Emirates',
     officialName: 'The United Arab Emirates',
     emoji: '🇦🇪',
     ...
  },
  AF: {
    id: 'AF',
     name: 'Afghanistan',
     officialName: 'The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan',
     emoji: '🇦🇫',
     ...
  },
  AG: {
    id: 'AG',
     name: 'Antigua and Barbuda',
     officialName: 'Antigua and Barbuda',
     emoji: '🇦🇬',
     ...
  },
  ...
}
 
*/

Data models

Country

A country is defined by the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	The country ISO 3166-1 code.
name	String	Preferred name of the country.
officialName	String	The offcial name of the country.
emoji	String	The Emoji flag of the country .
emojiUnicode	String	The Emoji flag Unicode of the country .
iso2	String	ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code of the country.
iso3	String	ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code of the country.
isoNumeric	String	ISO 3166-1 Numeric code of the country.
geonameId	Integer	Unique identifier given by GeoNames.
continentId	String	Id of the continent where the country is located. Valids are AF (Africa), AS (Asia), EU (Europe), NA (North America), OC (Oceania), SA (South America) and AN (Antarctica).
population	Integer	The approximate population living in the place.
elevation	Float	The approximate elevation from sea level. Value is expressed in meters.
areaSqKm	Integer	Total area of the country. Expressed in squared kilometers.
coordinates	Object	The geographic coordinates where the place is located.
coordinates.latitude	Float	Latitude component from the geographic coordinates of the place.
coordinates.longitude	Float	Longitude component from the geographic coordinates of the place.
timezones	Array[String]	The list of timezones used in the country.
domain	String	Top-level domain of the country.
currencyCode	String	Code of the official currency of the country.
currencyName	String	Name of the official currency of the country.
postalCodeFormat	String	Format of the postal codes used in the country.
postalCodeRegex	String	Regular expression to validate the postal codes used in the country.
phoneCode	String	The international phone code to call a number in the country.
neighborCountryIds	Array[String]	A list of ids of the countries that share border with it (neighbors).
languages	Array[String]	A list of languages spoken in the country.
locales	Array[String]	A list of locales (language + region) used in the country.

{
  id: 'DE',
  name: 'Germany',
  officialName: 'The Federal Republic of Germany',
  emoji: '🇩🇪',
  emojiUnicode: 'U+1F1E9 U+1F1EA',
  iso2: 'DE',
  iso3: 'DEU',
  isoNumeric: '276',
  geonameId: 2921044,
  continentId: 'EU',
  population: 81802257,
  elevation: 303,
  areaSqKm: 357021,
  coordinates: {
    latitude: 51.5,
    longitude: 10.5
  },
  timezones: [ 'Europe/Berlin', 'Europe/Busingen' ],
  domain: '.de',
  currencyCode: 'EUR',
  currencyName: 'Euro',
  postalCodeFormat: '#####',
  postalCodeRegex: '^(\\d{5})$',
  phoneCode: '+49',
  neighborCountryIds: [ 'CH', 'PL', 'NL', 'DK', 'BE', 'CZ', 'LU', 'FR', 'AT' ],
  languages: [ 'de' ],
  locales: [ 'de' ]
}

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