Countries and Cities API

Free REST API providing geographic, demographic, and administrative data for countries worldwide, including capitals, currencies, flag images, coordinates, states, and historical population figures from 1960 to 2018.

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Slug: countriesnow
Key: countriesnow.space:countries-and-cities-api
Base URL: https://countriesnow.space
Auth: none
Endpoints: 15
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown
Tier: verified

Links

Homepage: https://countriesnow.space
API Base: https://countriesnow.space

Topics

DATABASE, GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOCATION

Tutorials

Getting Started with Countries Now — I can look up a country's first-level administrative divisions with ISO 3166-2 codes, annual population estimates back to 1960, capital city, currency code, and flag image URL from countriesnow.space — no API key required, and the sub-national data (states, cities) is what sets it apart from REST Countries.

Skills

Look up country states — I can look up a country's states, provinces, capital, ISO codes, and population history from Countries Now in a single unauthenticated GET — but sub-national divisions are where it shines, and multi-capital edge cases go to REST Countries.

Endpoints (15)

Path	Summary	Response	Auth
countries	Get all countries with cities	`application/json`	none
countries/capital	Get all countries with capitals	`application/json`	none
countries/capital/q	Get capital for a specific country	`application/json`	none
countries/cities/q	Get cities for a specific country	`application/json`	none
countries/currency	Get all countries with currencies	`application/json`	none
countries/currency/q	Get currency for a specific country	`application/json`	none
countries/flag/images	Get all countries with flag images	`application/json`	none
countries/flag/images/q	Get flag for a specific country	`image/*`	none
countries/iso	Get all countries with ISO codes	`application/json`	none
countries/population	Get all countries with population data	`application/json`	none
countries/population/q	Get population data for a specific country	`application/json`	none
countries/positions	Get all countries with geographic positions	`application/json`	none
countries/positions/q	Get position for a specific country	`application/json`	none
countries/states	Get all countries with states/provinces	`application/json`	none
countries/states/q	Get states for a specific country	`application/json`	none