Sample Countries JSON

Twenty countries with ISO codes, capitals, continents, real population figures, and currencies - reference-style data for dropdowns, maps, and localization exercises.

https://jsonconsole.com/api/countries.json

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Preview

[
  {
    "name": "Germany",
    "code": "DE",
    "capital": "Berlin",
    "continent": "Europe",
    "population": 83200000,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  {
    "name": "Japan",
    "code": "JP",
    "capital": "Tokyo",
    "continent": "Asia",
    "population": 125700000,
    "currency": "JPY"
  },
  {
    "name": "United States",
    "code": "US",
    "capital": "Washington, D.C.",
    "continent": "North America",
    "population": 331900000,
    "currency": "USD"
  }
]

First 3 records shown - the full file has 20 records.

Fields

Field	Type	Notes
name / code	string	Country name + ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
capital	string	Capital city
continent	string	Continent name
population	number	Approximate real figures
currency	string	ISO 4217 code

Fetch it in code

JavaScript

const res = await fetch(
  "https://jsonconsole.com/api/countries.json"
);
const data = await res.json();

Python

import requests

data = requests.get(
    "https://jsonconsole.com/api/countries.json"
).json()

What this dataset is good for

Country dropdowns and autocomplete inputs
Number formatting exercises (large populations, currencies)
Grouping demos: countries by continent

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