Countries+ API

Free static API supplementing RestCountries with mottos, founding dates, former capitals, former names. 203 sovereign states.

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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 production code that wants reproducibility.

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

Stats

203 countries · supplements RestCountries · CC0

Why use this

· Static JSON — no API key, no rate limit, no quota.
· Served from Cloudflare Pages and jsDelivr edge caches.
· Open data — fork it, audit it, send a PR.

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