Datasets:

bamwor
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world-countries

name stringlengths 3 104	slug stringlengths 3 98	iso_code stringlengths 2 2 ⌀	region stringclasses 13 values	population int64 50 8.06B ⌀	area_sq_km int64 2 17.1M ⌀	latitude float64 -90 90 ⌀	longitude float64 -176.47 178 ⌀	category stringclasses 5 values
Afghanistan	afghanistan	AF	South Asia	49,474,805	652,230	33	65	country
Akrotiri	akrotiri	XX	Europe	null	123	34.616667	32.966667	country
Albania	albania	AL	Europe	2,551,837	28,748	41	20	country
Algeria	algeria	DZ	Africa	47,735,685	2,381,740	28	3	country
American Samoa	american-samoa	AS	Australia-Oceania	43,268	224	-14.333333	-170	country
Andorra	andorra	AD	Europe	85,370	468	42.5	1.5	country
Angola	angola	AO	Africa	38,984,796	1,246,700	-12.5	18.5	country
Anguilla	anguilla	AI	Central America and Caribbean	19,416	91	18.25	-63.166667	country
Antarctica	antarctica	AQ	Antarctica	null	null	-90	0	territory
Antigua and Barbuda	antigua-and-barbuda	AG	Central America and Caribbean	102,634	443	17.05	-61.8	country
Arctic Ocean	arctic-ocean	XX	Oceans	null	null	90	0	ocean
Argentina	argentina	AR	South America	45,418,098	2,780,400	-34	-64	country
Armenia	armenia	AM	Middle East	2,963,837	29,743	40	45	country
Aruba	aruba	AW	Central America and Caribbean	125,063	180	12.5	-69.966667	country
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	ashmore-and-cartier-islands	AU	Australia-Oceania	null	5	-12.416667	123.333333	country
Atlantic Ocean	atlantic-ocean	XX	Oceans	null	null	0	-25	ocean
Australia	australia	AU	Australia-Oceania	27,490,921	7,741,220	-27	133	country
Austria	austria	AT	Europe	9,174,390	83,871	47.333333	13.333333	country
Azerbaijan	azerbaijan	AZ	Middle East	10,694,370	86,600	40.5	47.5	country
Bahrain	bahrain	BH	Middle East	1,566,888	760	26	50.55	country
Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll	baker-island-howland-island-jarvis-island-johnston-atoll-kingman-reef-midway-islands-palmyra-atoll	UM	Australia-Oceania	null	null	0.216667	-176.466667	country
Bangladesh	bangladesh	BD	South Asia	174,370,536	148,460	24	90	country
Barbados	barbados	BB	Central America and Caribbean	304,139	430	13.166667	-59.533333	country
Belarus	belarus	BY	Europe	9,460,972	207,600	53	28	country
Belgium	belgium	BE	Europe	11,960,170	30,528	50.833333	4	country
Belize	belize	BZ	Central America and Caribbean	421,960	22,966	17.25	-88.75	country
Benin	benin	BJ	Africa	15,186,090	112,622	9.5	2.25	country
Bermuda	bermuda	BM	North America	72,800	54	32.333333	-64.75	country
Bhutan	bhutan	BT	South Asia	892,877	38,394	27.5	90.5	country
Bolivia	bolivia	BO	South America	12,436,103	1,098,581	-17	-65	country
Bosnia and Herzegovina	bosnia-and-herzegovina	BA	Europe	3,653,499	51,197	44	18	country
Botswana	botswana	BW	Africa	2,521,534	581,730	-22	24	country
Bouvet Island	bouvet-island	BV	Antarctica	null	49	-54.433333	3.4	territory
Brazil	brazil	BR	South America	221,359,387	8,515,770	-10	-55	country
British Indian Ocean Territory	british-indian-ocean-territory	IO	South Asia	null	60	-6	71.5	country
British Virgin Islands	british-virgin-islands	VG	Central America and Caribbean	40,102	151	18.5	-64.5	country
Brunei	brunei	BN	East and Southeast Asia	491,900	5,765	4.5	114.666667	country
Bulgaria	bulgaria	BG	Europe	6,737,997	110,879	43	25	country
Burkina Faso	burkina-faso	BF	Africa	23,490,300	274,200	13	-2	country
Burma	burma	MM	East and Southeast Asia	57,931,718	676,578	22	98	country
Burundi	burundi	BI	Africa	13,590,102	27,830	-3.5	30	country
Cabo Verde	cabo-verde	CV	Africa	611,014	4,033	16	-24	country
Cambodia	cambodia	KH	East and Southeast Asia	17,230,333	181,035	13	105	country
Cameroon	cameroon	CM	Africa	31,518,954	475,440	6	12	country
Canada	canada	CA	North America	39,187,155	9,984,670	60	-95	country
Cayman Islands	cayman-islands	KY	Central America and Caribbean	66,653	264	19.5	-80.5	country
Central African Republic	central-african-republic	CF	Africa	5,750,570	622,984	7	21	country
Chad	chad	TD	Africa	19,674,004	null	15	19	country
Chile	chile	CL	South America	19,091,343	756,102	-30	-71	country
China	china	CN	East and Southeast Asia	1,407,181,209	9,596,960	35	105	country
Christmas Island	christmas-island	CX	Australia-Oceania	1,692	135	-10.5	105.666667	country
Clipperton Island	clipperton-island	XX	North America	null	6	10.283333	-109.216667	country
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	cocos-keeling-islands	CC	Australia-Oceania	593	14	-12.5	96.833333	country
Colombia	colombia	CO	South America	49,842,298	1,138,910	4	-72	country
Comoros	comoros	KM	Africa	911,707	2,235	-12.166667	44.25	country
Congo (Brazzaville)	congo-brazzaville	CG	Africa	6,097,665	342,000	-1	15	country
Cook Islands	cook-islands	CK	Australia-Oceania	7,592	236	-21.233333	-159.766667	country
Coral Sea Islands	coral-sea-islands	AU	Australia-Oceania	null	3	-18	152	country
Costa Rica	costa-rica	CR	Central America and Caribbean	5,304,932	51,100	10	-84	country
Côte d'Ivoire	candocircte-divoire	CI	Africa	31,855,971	322,463	8	-5	country
Croatia	croatia	HR	Europe	4,071,208	56,594	45.166667	15.5	country
Cuba	cuba	CU	Central America and Caribbean	10,059,519	110,860	21.5	-80	country
Curacao	curacao	CW	Central America and Caribbean	153,289	444	12.166667	-69	country
Cyprus	cyprus	CY	Europe	1,332,293	9,251	35	33	country
Czechia	czechia	CZ	Europe	10,838,703	78,867	49.75	15.5	country
Denmark	denmark	DK	Europe	6,051,491	43,094	56	10	country
Dhekelia	dhekelia	XX	Europe	null	131	34.983333	33.75	country
Djibouti	djibouti	DJ	Africa	1,013,703	23,200	11.5	43	country
Dominica	dominica	DM	Central America and Caribbean	74,661	751	15.416667	-61.333333	country
DRC	drc	CD	Africa	119,038,825	2,344,858	0	25	country
Ecuador	ecuador	EC	South America	18,479,841	283,561	-2	-77.5	country
Egypt	egypt	EG	Africa	112,870,457	1,001,450	27	30	country
El Salvador	el-salvador	SV	Central America and Caribbean	6,334,723	21,041	13.833333	-88.916667	country
Equatorial Guinea	equatorial-guinea	GQ	Africa	1,795,834	28,051	2	10	country
Eritrea	eritrea	ER	Africa	6,416,435	117,600	15	39	country
Estonia	estonia	EE	Europe	1,340,478	45,228	59	26	country
Eswatini	eswatini	SZ	Africa	1,137,268	17,364	-26.5	31.5	country
Ethiopia	ethiopia	ET	Africa	121,372,632	1,104,300	8	38	country
European Union	european-union	XX	Europe	451,815,312	4,236,351	null	null	other
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	falkland-islands-islas-malvinas	FK	South America	3,142	12,173	-51.75	-59	country
Faroe Islands	faroe-islands	FO	Europe	52,933	1,393	62	-7	country
Federated States of Micronesia	federated-states-of-micronesia	FM	Australia-Oceania	99,603	702	6.916667	158.25	country
Fiji	fiji	FJ	Australia-Oceania	951,611	18,274	-18	175	country
Finland	finland	FI	Europe	5,550,449	338,145	64	26	country
France	france	FR	Europe	68,512,806	643,801	46	2	country
French Polynesia	french-polynesia	PF	Australia-Oceania	305,507	4,167	-15	-140	country
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	french-southern-and-antarctic-lands	TF	Antarctica	null	55	-37.833333	77.533333	territory
Gabon	gabon	GA	Africa	2,513,738	267,667	-1	11.75	country
Gaza, Gaza Strip	gaza-gaza-strip	PS	Middle East	2,184,652	360	31.416667	34.333333	country
Georgia	georgia	GE	Middle East	4,900,961	69,700	42	43.5	country
Germany	germany	DE	Europe	84,012,284	357,022	51	9	country
Ghana	ghana	GH	Africa	35,336,133	238,533	8	-2	country
Gibraltar	gibraltar	GI	Europe	29,733	7	36.133333	-5.35	country
Greece	greece	GR	Europe	10,424,536	131,957	39	22	country
Greenland	greenland	GL	North America	57,751	2,166,086	72	-40	country
Grenada	grenada	GD	Central America and Caribbean	114,621	344	12.116667	-61.666667	country
Guam	guam	GU	Australia-Oceania	169,532	544	13.466667	144.783333	country
Guatemala	guatemala	GT	Central America and Caribbean	18,255,216	108,889	15.5	-90.25	country
Guernsey	guernsey	GG	Europe	67,923	78	49.466667	-2.583333	country
Guinea	guinea	GN	Africa	14,374,590	245,857	11	-10	country

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World Countries Dataset 2026

Structured dataset of 261 countries and territories with population, area, geographic region, coordinates, and ISO codes.

Fields

Column	Type	Description
name	string	Country name (English)
slug	string	URL-friendly identifier
iso_code	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
region	string	Geographic region (e.g. "Europe", "South America")
population	int	Total population
area_sq_km	int	Total area in square kilometers
latitude	float	Center latitude
longitude	float	Center longitude
category	string	"country" or "territory"

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("bamwor/world-countries")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()

# Top 10 most populous countries
print(df.nlargest(10, "population")[["name", "population", "region"]])

What's NOT included (available via API)

The free dataset provides basic identification and location data. The following are available through the Bamwor API:

20+ statistics per country (GDP, HDI, life expectancy, literacy, etc.)
Multilingual names (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian)
Multilingual URL slugs
Country sections (detailed text descriptions)
Resources and external links
City data (13.4M cities — see bamwor/world-cities)

Full Data Access

REST API: bamwor.com/developers — free tier: 1,000 requests/day
MCP Server: bamwor-mcp-server — AI agent integration for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and more
GitHub: bamwor-dev/bamwor-mcp-server

Citation

@misc{bamwor2026countries,
  title={World Countries Dataset 2026},
  author={Bamwor},
  year={2026},
  url={https://bamwor.com},
  note={Aggregated from CIA World Factbook, UN, World Bank}
}