REST Countries · Schema
Country
Comprehensive country data record from the REST Countries API
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| names | object | Country name data in various forms and languages |
| codes | object | Standardized country identifier codes |
| region | string | Continent or major region |
| subregion | string | Geographic sub-region |
| continents | array | Continent(s) the country belongs to |
| landlocked | boolean | True if the country has no coastline |
| borders | array | ISO alpha-3 codes of bordering countries |
| area | object | Land area of the country |
| coordinates | object | Geographic center coordinates |
| timezones | array | UTC timezone offsets |
| population | integer | Current population estimate |
| languages | array | Languages spoken in the country |
| currencies | object | Currencies used, keyed by ISO 4217 currency code |
| calling_codes | array | International telephone dialing codes |
| tlds | array | Country-code top-level domain(s) |
| capitals | array | Capital city or cities |
| demonyms | object | Demonym forms by language code |
| flag | object | Flag representation in various formats |
| memberships | object | International organization memberships |
| classification | object | Political and international classification |
| government_type | string | Form of government |
| leaders | array | Current political leaders (premium field) |
| date | object | Country-specific date and calendar conventions |
| number_format | object | Number formatting conventions |
| cars | object | Automobile-related country information |
| postal_code | object | Postal code format information |
| links | object | External reference links for the country |
| economy | object | Economic data |
| parent | object | Sovereign parent country for dependencies |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://api.restcountries.com/schemas/country.json",
"title": "Country",
"description": "Comprehensive country data record from the REST Countries API",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"names": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Country name data in various forms and languages",
"properties": {
"common": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Common English name of the country",
"examples": ["United States", "Germany"]
},
"official": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Official name of the country",
"examples": ["United States of America", "Federal Republic of Germany"]
},
"alternates": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Alternate names or spellings",
"items": { "type": "string" }
},
"native": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Native names keyed by ISO 639-3 language code",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"common": { "type": "string" },
"official": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"translations": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Translated names keyed by language code",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"common": { "type": "string" },
"official": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}
},
"codes": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Standardized country identifier codes",
"properties": {
"alpha_2": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two-letter country code",
"pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$",
"examples": ["US", "DE"]
},
"alpha_3": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 three-letter country code",
"pattern": "^[A-Z]{3}$",
"examples": ["USA", "DEU"]
},
"ccn3": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 3166-1 numeric three-digit country code",
"examples": ["840", "276"]
},
"fips": {
"type": "string",
"description": "FIPS country code"
},
"gec": {
"type": "string",
"description": "GEC Entities country code"
},
"cioc": {
"type": "string",
"description": "International Olympic Committee country code"
},
"fifa": {
"type": "string",
"description": "FIFA country code"
}
}
},
"region": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Continent or major region",
"enum": ["Africa", "Americas", "Asia", "Europe", "Oceania", "Antarctic"],
"examples": ["Americas"]
},
"subregion": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Geographic sub-region",
"examples": ["Northern America"]
},
"continents": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Continent(s) the country belongs to",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"examples": [["North America"]]
},
"landlocked": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "True if the country has no coastline"
},
"borders": {
"type": "array",
"description": "ISO alpha-3 codes of bordering countries",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Z]{3}$"
},
"examples": [["CAN", "MEX"]]
},
"area": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Land area of the country",
"properties": {
"kilometers": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Land area in square kilometers",
"minimum": 0
},
"miles": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Land area in square miles",
"minimum": 0
}
}
},
"coordinates": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Geographic center coordinates",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Latitude of geographic center",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90
},
"lng": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Longitude of geographic center",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180
}
}
},
"timezones": {
"type": "array",
"description": "UTC timezone offsets",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"examples": [["UTC-05:00", "UTC-08:00"]]
},
"population": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Current population estimate",
"minimum": 0,
"examples": [331000000]
},
"languages": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Languages spoken in the country",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "description": "English name of the language" },
"native": { "type": "string", "description": "Native name of the language" },
"iso_code": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO 639 language code" }
}
}
},
"currencies": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Currencies used, keyed by ISO 4217 currency code",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full currency name"
},
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Currency symbol"
}
}
}
},
"calling_codes": {
"type": "array",
"description": "International telephone dialing codes",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"examples": [["+1"]]
},
"tlds": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Country-code top-level domain(s)",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"examples": [[".us"]]
},
"capitals": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Capital city or cities",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the capital city" },
"coordinates": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lat": { "type": "number" },
"lng": { "type": "number" }
}
},
"primary": { "type": "boolean" },
"constitutional": { "type": "boolean" },
"administrative": { "type": "boolean" },
"executive": { "type": "boolean" },
"legislative": { "type": "boolean" },
"judicial": { "type": "boolean" }
}
}
},
"demonyms": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Demonym forms by language code",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"m": { "type": "string", "description": "Masculine demonym form" },
"f": { "type": "string", "description": "Feminine demonym form" }
}
}
},
"flag": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Flag representation in various formats",
"properties": {
"emoji": { "type": "string", "description": "Flag emoji character" },
"unicode": { "type": "string", "description": "Unicode code points for flag emoji" },
"html_entity": { "type": "string", "description": "HTML numeric entity" },
"url_png": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "URL to PNG flag image" },
"url_svg": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "URL to SVG flag image" },
"description": { "type": "string", "description": "Accessibility text description of the flag" }
}
},
"memberships": {
"type": "object",
"description": "International organization memberships",
"properties": {
"un": { "type": "boolean" },
"eu": { "type": "boolean" },
"eurozone": { "type": "boolean" },
"schengen": { "type": "boolean" },
"nato": { "type": "boolean" },
"commonwealth": { "type": "boolean" },
"oecd": { "type": "boolean" },
"g7": { "type": "boolean" },
"g20": { "type": "boolean" },
"brics": { "type": "boolean" },
"opec": { "type": "boolean" },
"african_union": { "type": "boolean" },
"asean": { "type": "boolean" },
"arab_league": { "type": "boolean" }
}
},
"classification": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Political and international classification",
"properties": {
"sovereign": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Self-governing state" },
"un_member": { "type": "boolean", "description": "United Nations member state" },
"un_observer": { "type": "boolean", "description": "UN permanent observer" },
"disputed": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Contested recognition" },
"dependency": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Dependent territory" },
"dependency_type": { "type": "string", "description": "Type of dependency" },
"iso_status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO 3166 status",
"enum": ["official", "user_assigned"]
}
}
},
"government_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Form of government",
"examples": ["Federal presidential constitutional republic"]
},
"leaders": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Current political leaders (premium field)",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"title": { "type": "string" },
"links": { "type": "object" }
}
}
},
"date": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Country-specific date and calendar conventions",
"properties": {
"start_of_week": { "type": "string", "examples": ["sunday", "monday"] },
"academic_year_start": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"month": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12 },
"day": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 31 }
}
},
"fiscal_year_start": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"government": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"month": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12 },
"day": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 31 }
}
},
"corporate": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"month": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12 },
"day": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 31 },
"basis": { "type": "string", "enum": ["mandated", "default", "convention"] }
}
},
"personal": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"month": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12 },
"day": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 31 }
}
}
}
}
}
},
"number_format": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Number formatting conventions",
"properties": {
"decimal_separator": { "type": "string", "examples": [".", ","] },
"thousands_separator": { "type": "string", "examples": [",", "."] }
}
},
"cars": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Automobile-related country information",
"properties": {
"driving_side": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["left", "right"]
},
"signs": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "International vehicle registration codes"
}
}
},
"postal_code": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Postal code format information",
"properties": {
"format": { "type": "string", "description": "Postal code format mask" },
"regex": { "type": "string", "description": "Regex validation pattern" }
}
},
"links": {
"type": "object",
"description": "External reference links for the country",
"properties": {
"official": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"wikipedia": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"open_street_maps": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"google_maps": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
}
},
"economy": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Economic data",
"properties": {
"gini_coefficient": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Gini coefficients by year",
"additionalProperties": { "type": "number" }
}
}
},
"parent": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Sovereign parent country for dependencies",
"properties": {
"alpha_2": { "type": "string" },
"alpha_3": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}