pycountry 26.2.16
ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: country, subdivision, language, currency, iso, 3166, 639, 4217, 15924, 3166-1, 3166-2, 3166-3

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 pycountry
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pycountry provides the ISO databases for the standards:

-  `639-3 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3>`_ Languages
-  `3166 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166>`_ Codes for
   representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
-  `3166-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>`_ Countries
-  `3166-3 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-3>`_ Deleted
   countries
-  `3166-2 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2>`_ Subdivisions of
   countries
-  `4217 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217>`_ Currencies
-  `15924 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15924>`_ Scripts

The package includes a copy from Debian's `pkg-isocodes
<https://salsa.debian.org/iso-codes-team/iso-codes>`_ and makes the data
accessible through a Python API.

Translation files for the various strings are included as well.

********************
 Data update policy
********************

No changes to the data will be accepted into pycountry. This is a pure
wrapper around the ISO standard using the ``pkg-isocodes`` database from
Debian *as is*. If you need changes to the political situation in the
world, please talk to the ISO or Debian people, not me.

***************
 Contributions
***************

The code lives in a `git repository on GitHub
<https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry>`_, and issues must be reported
in there as well.

************************
 Countries (ISO 3166-1)
************************

Countries are accessible through a database object that is already
configured upon import of pycountry and works as an iterable:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> import pycountry
   >>> len(pycountry.countries)
   249
   >>> list(pycountry.countries)[0]
   Country(alpha_2='AW', alpha_3='ABW', flag='🇦🇼', name='Aruba', numeric='533')

Specific countries can be looked up by their various codes and provide
the information included in the standard as attributes:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> germany = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2='DE')
   >>> germany
   Country(alpha_2='DE', alpha_3='DEU', flag='🇩🇪', name='Germany', numeric='276', official_name='Federal Republic of Germany')
   >>> germany.alpha_2
   'DE'
   >>> germany.alpha_3
   'DEU'
   >>> germany.numeric
   '276'
   >>> germany.name
   'Germany'
   >>> germany.official_name
   'Federal Republic of Germany'

There's also a "fuzzy" search to help people discover "proper" countries
for names that might only actually be subdivisions. The fuzziness also
includes normalizing unicode accents. There's also a bit of
prioritization included to prefer matches on country names before
subdivision names and have countries with more matches be listed before
ones with fewer matches:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> pycountry.countries.search_fuzzy('England')
   [Country(alpha_2='GB', alpha_3='GBR', flag='🇬🇧', name='United Kingdom', numeric='826', official_name='United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland')]

   >>> pycountry.countries.search_fuzzy('Cote')
   [Country(alpha_2='CI', alpha_3='CIV', flag='🇨🇮', name="Côte d'Ivoire", numeric='384', official_name="Republic of Côte d'Ivoire"),
    Country(alpha_2='FR', alpha_3='FRA', flag='🇫🇷', name='France', numeric='250', official_name='French Republic'),
    Country(alpha_2='HN', alpha_3='HND', flag='🇭🇳', name='Honduras', numeric='340', official_name='Republic of Honduras')]

Attributes for the country class can be accessed using the
``__getattr__`` method. If the requested attribute is a key for the
country class, it will return the corresponding value. Here are some
examples:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> aland = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2='AX')
   >>> print(aland)
   Country(alpha_2='AX', alpha_3='ALA', flag='🇦🇽', name='Åland Islands', numeric='248')
   >>> aland.common_name
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   AttributeError: common_name
   >>> aland.flag
   '🇦🇽'
   >>> aland.foo
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   AttributeError: foo

*********************************
 Historic Countries (ISO 3166-3)
*********************************

The ``historic_countries`` database contains former countries that have
been removed from the standard and are now included in ISO 3166-3,
excluding existing ones:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> ussr = pycountry.historic_countries.get(alpha_3='SUN')
   >>> ussr
   Country(alpha_2='SU', alpha_3='SUN', alpha_4='SUHH', name='USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics', numeric='810', withdrawal_date='1992-08-30')
   >>> ussr.alpha_4
   'SUHH'
   >>> ussr.alpha_3
   'SUN'
   >>> ussr.name
   'USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'
   >>> ussr.withdrawal_date
   '1992-08-30'

***********************************
 Country subdivisions (ISO 3166-2)
***********************************

The country subdivisions are a little more complex than the countries
itself because they provide a nested and typed structure.

All subdivisons can be accessed directly:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> len(pycountry.subdivisions)
   5046
   >>> list(pycountry.subdivisions)[0]
   SubdivisionHierarchy(code='AD-02', country_code='AD', name='Canillo', parent_code=None, type='Parish')

Subdivisions can be accessed using their unique code. The resulting
object will provide at least their code, name and type:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> de_st = pycountry.subdivisions.get(code='DE-ST')
   >>> de_st.code
   'DE-ST'
   >>> de_st.name
   'Sachsen-Anhalt'
   >>> de_st.type
   'Land'
   >>> de_st.country
   Country(alpha_2='DE', alpha_3='DEU', flag='🇩🇪', name='Germany', numeric='276', official_name='Federal Republic of Germany')

Some subdivisions specify another subdivision as a parent:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> fr_01 = pycountry.subdivisions.get(code='FR-01')
   >>> fr_01.code
   'FR-01'
   >>> fr_01.name
   'Ain'
   >>> fr_01.type
   'Metropolitan department'
   >>> fr_01.parent_code
   'FR-ARA'
   >>> fr_01.parent
   SubdivisionHierarchy(code='FR-ARA', country_code='FR', name='Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes', parent_code=None, type='Metropolitan region')
   >>> fr_01.parent.name
   'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'

The divisions of a single country can be queried using the country_code
index:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> len(pycountry.subdivisions.get(country_code='DE'))
   16

   >>> len(pycountry.subdivisions.get(country_code='US'))
   57

Similar to countries, the ``search_fuzzy`` method has been implemented
for subdivisions to facilitate finding relevant subdivision entries.
This method includes unicode normalization for accents and prioritizes
matches on subdivision names. The search algorithm is designed to return
more relevant matches first:

This method is especially useful for cases where the exact name or code
of the subdivision is not known.

.. code:: pycon

   >>> pycountry.subdivisions.search_fuzzy('York')
   [SubdivisionHierarchy(code='GB-YOR', country_code='GB', name='York', parent='GB-ENG', parent_code='GB-ENG', type='Unitary authority'),
    SubdivisionHierarchy(code='GB-ERY', country_code='GB', name='East Riding of Yorkshire', parent='GB-ENG', parent_code='GB-ENG', type='Unitary authority'),
    SubdivisionHierarchy(code='GB-NYK', country_code='GB', name='North Yorkshire', parent='GB-ENG', parent_code='GB-ENG', type='Two-tier county'),
    SubdivisionHierarchy(code='US-NY', country_code='US', name='New York', parent_code=None, type='State')]

*********************
 Scripts (ISO 15924)
*********************

Scripts are available from a database similar to the countries:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> len(pycountry.scripts)
   226
   >>> list(pycountry.scripts)[0]
   Script(alpha_4='Adlm', name='Adlam', numeric='166')
   >>> latin = pycountry.scripts.get(name='Latin')
   >>> latin
   Script(alpha_4='Latn', name='Latin', numeric='215')
   >>> latin.alpha_4
   'Latn'
   >>> latin.name
   'Latin'
   >>> latin.numeric
   '215'

***********************
 Currencies (ISO 4217)
***********************

The currencies database is, again, similar to the ones before:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> len(pycountry.currencies)
   178
   >>> list(pycountry.currencies)[0]
   Currency(alpha_3='AED', name='UAE Dirham', numeric='784')
   >>> argentine_peso = pycountry.currencies.get(alpha_3='ARS')
   >>> argentine_peso
   Currency(alpha_3='ARS', name='Argentine Peso', numeric='032')
   >>> argentine_peso.alpha_3
   'ARS'
   >>> argentine_peso.name
   'Argentine Peso'
   >>> argentine_peso.numeric
   '032'

***********************
 Languages (ISO 639-3)
***********************

The languages database is similar too:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> len(pycountry.languages)
   7923
   >>> list(pycountry.languages)[0]
   Language(alpha_3='aaa', name='Ghotuo', scope='I', type='L')

   >>> aragonese = pycountry.languages.get(alpha_2='an')
   >>> aragonese.alpha_2
   'an'
   >>> aragonese.alpha_3
   'arg'
   >>> aragonese.name
   'Aragonese'

   >>> bengali = pycountry.languages.get(alpha_2='bn')
   >>> bengali.name
   'Bengali'
   >>> bengali.common_name
   'Bangla'

*********
 Locales
*********

Locales are available in the ``pycountry.LOCALES_DIR`` subdirectory of
this package. The translation domains are called ``isoXXX`` according to
the standard they provide translations for. The directory is structured
in a way compatible to Python's gettext module.

Here is an example translating language names:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> import gettext
   >>> german = gettext.translation('iso3166-1', pycountry.LOCALES_DIR,
   ...                              languages=['de'])
   >>> german.install()
   >>> _('Germany')
   'Deutschland'

*********
 Lookups
*********

For each database (countries, languages, scripts, etc.), you can also
look up entities case insensitively without knowing which key the value
may match. For example:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> pycountry.countries.lookup('de')
   Country(alpha_2='DE', alpha_3='DEU', flag='🇩🇪', name='Germany', numeric='276', official_name='Federal Republic of Germany')

The search ends with the first match, which is returned.

********************
 Dict Compatibility
********************

You can cast each object type into a ``dict``:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> country = pycountry.countries.lookup('de')
   >>> dict(country)
   {'alpha_2': 'DE', 'alpha_3': 'DEU', 'flag': '🇩🇪', 'name': 'Germany', 'numeric': '276', 'official_name': 'Federal Republic of Germany'}

******************
 Custom Countries
******************

While pycountry will not be adding non-ISO values to its standard
library, you can add or remove entries at runtime to fit your needs.

Add a non-ISO country:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> pycountry.countries.add_entry(alpha_2="XK", alpha_3="XXK", name="Kosovo", numeric="926")

Remove a country from a database:

.. code:: pycon

   >>> pycountry.countries.remove_entry(alpha_2="XK")