bamwor/world-countries

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}
}