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Country API

The Country API provides key geographic, demographic, and economic statistics about every country in the world.

Available endpoints:

For flag images of countries, check out the Country Flag API instead.

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/v1/country GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/country

Get country data from given parameters. Returns a list of country statistics that satisfy the parameters.

Parameters

  • name  optional

    Plain English name, 2-letter ISO-3166 alpha-2, or 3-letter ISO-3166 alpha-3 code of country.

  • currency  optional

    3-letter currency code of country (e.g. USD).

  • min_gdp  optional

    Minimum gross domestic product (GDP) of country, in US Dollars.

  • max_gdp  optional

    Maximum gross domestic product (GDP) of country, in US Dollars.

  • min_population  optional

    Minimum population of country.

  • max_population  optional

    Maximum population of country.

  • min_area  optional

    Minimum surface area of country in km2.

  • max_area  optional

    Maximum surface area of country in km2.

  • min_unemployment  optional

    Minimum unemployment rate in %.

  • max_unemployment  optional

    Maximum unemployment rate in %.

  • min_gdp_growth  optional

    Minimum GDP growth rate in %.

  • max_gdp_growth  optional

    Maximum GDP growth rate in %.

  • min_infant_mortality  optional

    Minimum infant mortality rate in %.

  • max_infant_mortality  optional

    Maximum infant mortality rate in %.

  • min_fertility  optional

    Minimum fertility rate in %.

  • max_fertility  optional

    Maximum fertility rate in %.

  • min_urban_pop_rate  optional

    Minimum urban population rate in %.

  • max_urban_pop_rate  optional

    Maximum urban population rate in %.

  • limit  optional

    How many results to return. Must be between 1 and 30. Default is 5.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of objects, each containing the following fields, or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

Sample Request Live Demo!

name
currency
min_population
max_population
min_gdp

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/country?name=United%20States

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/country?name=United%20States" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.

/v1/allcountries GETPremium Only

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/allcountries

Get a list of all 2-letter country codes for countries, territories and regions for which we have statistics.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of strings, or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

Sample Request

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/allcountries

Sample Response

JSON