| --- |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - geography |
| - countries |
| - world-data |
| - geospatial |
| - population |
| - demographics |
| size_categories: |
| - n<1K |
| task_categories: |
| - tabular-classification |
| - feature-extraction |
| pretty_name: World Countries Dataset 2026 |
| --- |
| |
| # World Countries Dataset 2026 |
|
|
| Structured dataset of **261 countries and territories** with population, area, geographic region, coordinates, and ISO codes. |
|
|
| ## Dataset Description |
|
|
| - **Source:** [Bamwor](https://bamwor.com) — aggregated from CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Bank |
| - **Records:** 261 countries and territories |
| - **Format:** CSV and Parquet |
| - **Languages:** English (names only — full multilingual data via API) |
| - **License:** CC BY 4.0 |
| - **Last Updated:** March 2026 |
|
|
| ## 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 |
| |
| ```python |
| 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](https://bamwor.com/en/developers): |
| |
| - 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](https://huggingface.co/datasets/bamwor/world-cities)) |
| |
| ## Full Data Access |
| |
| - **REST API:** [bamwor.com/developers](https://bamwor.com/en/developers) — free tier: 1,000 requests/day |
| - **MCP Server:** [bamwor-mcp-server](https://npmjs.com/package/bamwor-mcp-server) — AI agent integration for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and more |
| - **GitHub:** [bamwor-dev/bamwor-mcp-server](https://github.com/bamwor-dev/bamwor-mcp-server) |
| |
| ## Citation |
| |
| ```bibtex |
| @misc{bamwor2026countries, |
| title={World Countries Dataset 2026}, |
| author={Bamwor}, |
| year={2026}, |
| url={https://bamwor.com}, |
| note={Aggregated from CIA World Factbook, UN, World Bank} |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
