Extended country data

Countries+ API

What RestCountries doesn't have. Mottos & translations, anthem titles, founding dates, former capitals, former names — for 203 countries. Free, static, no auth.

Heads-up: this is a supplement to RestCountries, not a replacement. RestCountries already has population, flags, languages, capitals (current), borders, etc. This API only carries the fields it doesn't — cross-link by alpha2/alpha3/numeric.
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Try it

Request:

curl https://countries-plus.oriz.in/countries/IN.json

Response:

{
  "alpha2": "IN",
  "alpha3": "IND",
  "numeric": "356",
  "name": "India",
  "region": "asia",
  "continent": "Asia",
  "motto": "Satyameva Jayate",
  "national_anthem_title": "Jana Gana Mana",
  "founding_date": "1947-08-15",
  "currency_name": "Indian rupee",
  "motto_translation": "Truth alone triumphs",
  "former_capitals": [
    "Calcutta (1858-1911)"
  ],
  "currency_symbol": "₹",
  "sources": [
    "Wikidata / en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
  ]
}

How to use

via countries-plus.oriz.in

Cloudflare Pages, custom domain, free TLS. Recommended for browser apps.

https://countries-plus.oriz.in/countries/IN.json

via jsDelivr

Pinned to a git ref. Recommended for reproducible builds.

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/oriz-org/countries-plus-api@main/countries/IN.json

Stats

Countries
203
With motto
33
With history
67
Data license
CC BY-SA
Cost
₹0/mo

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