iso3166

============================================================ python-iso3166 - Standalone ISO 3166-1 country definitions

:Authors: Mike Spindel :Version: 2.1.1

ISO 3166-1 defines two-letter, three-letter, and three-digit country codes. python-iso3166 is a self-contained module that converts between these codes and the corresponding country name.

Installation

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$ pip install iso3166

Usage

Country details

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from iso3166 import countries

countries.get('us') Country(name='United States', alpha2='US', alpha3='USA', numeric='840') countries.get('ala') Country(name='Åland Islands', alpha2='AX', alpha3='ALA', numeric='248') countries.get(8) Country(name='Albania', alpha2='AL', alpha3='ALB', numeric='008')

Country lists and indexes

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from iso3166 import countries

for c in countries: print(c) Country(name='Afghanistan', alpha2='AF', alpha3='AFG', numeric='004') Country(name='Åland Islands', alpha2='AX', alpha3='ALA', numeric='248') Country(name='Albania', alpha2='AL', alpha3='ALB', numeric='008') Country(name='Algeria', alpha2='DZ', alpha3='DZA', numeric='012')

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import iso3166

iso3166.countries_by_name {'AFGHANISTAN': Country(name='Afghanistan', alpha2='AF', alpha3='AFG', numeric='004'), 'ALBANIA': Country(name='Albania', alpha2='AL', alpha3='ALB', numeric='008'), 'ALGERIA': Country(name='Algeria', alpha2='DZ', alpha3='DZA', numeric='012'), ...

iso3166.countries_by_numeric {'004': Country(name='Afghanistan', alpha2='AF', alpha3='AFG', numeric='004'), '008': Country(name='Albania', alpha2='AL', alpha3='ALB', numeric='008'), '010': Country(name='Antarctica', alpha2='AQ', alpha3='ATA', numeric='010'), ...

iso3166.countries_by_alpha2 {'AD': Country(name='Andorra', alpha2='AD', alpha3='AND', numeric='020'), 'AE': Country(name='United Arab Emirates', alpha2='AE', alpha3='ARE', numeric='784'), 'AF': Country(name='Afghanistan', alpha2='AF', alpha3='AFG', numeric='004'), ...

iso3166.countries_by_alpha3 {'ABW': Country(name='Aruba', alpha2='AW', alpha3='ABW', numeric='533'), 'AFG': Country(name='Afghanistan', alpha2='AF', alpha3='AFG', numeric='004'), 'AGO': Country(name='Angola', alpha2='AO', alpha3='AGO', numeric='024'), ...

Changes

2.1.1 - July 11, 2022

• Move install metadata from setup.py to setup.cfg
• Add py.typed to source distribution

2.1.0 - July 11, 2022

• Updated entries

  • "Turkey" changed to "Türkiye"

2.0.2 - Sep 20, 2021

• Add the py.typed marker file in accordance with PEP 561

2.0.1 - Sep 14, 2021

• Add python_requires to setup.py

2.0.0 - Sep 14, 2021

• Add type hints throughout codebase (thanks blokje!)

• Drop support for Python versions prior to 3.6

1.0.1 - Dec 13, 2019

• Include test files in source distribution (thanks pmosetc!)

• Added all Python 3 versions to tox.ini and supported list

1.0 - March 19, 2018

• Updated entries

  • "Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of" changed to "North Macedonia" (effective 2019-03-13)

  • Added numeric code 983 for Kosovo to mirror usage by the National Statistical Office of Canada (thanks betaboon!)

0.9 - July 21, 2018

• Updated entries

  • New entry for Kosovo (XK / XKX)

  • Swaziland changed to Eswatini (effective 2018-07-16)

0.8 - February 5, 2017

• Updated entries

  • Czechia (changed 2016-09)

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (changed 2014-12)

0.7 - February 13, 2015

• Added new attribute apolitical_name to Country. This field reflects the ISO short name but has unnecessarily inflammatory modifiers removed.

  Specifically: "Taiwan, Province of China" maps to "Taiwan" and "Palestine, State of" maps to "Palestine."

• Updated entries

  • Holy See (changed in 2014-12)

• CountryLookup now raises KeyError when passed an unknown integer rather than AttributeError. (thanks unsignedint!)

0.6 - September 28, 2014

• Updated entries

  • Cabo Verde (changed in 2013-11)

• Documented the dictionaries used for looking up countries by alpha2, etc. (thanks brunetton!)

0.5 - February 13, 2014

• Added __contains__ to CountryLookup (thanks tomako!)

• Current through ISO newsletter VI-16

  • No changes needed

0.4 - February 14, 2013

• Current through ISO newsletter VI-14

• Updated entries

  • Palestine

0.3 - September 4, 2012

• Current through ISO newsletter VI-13

• Fix changes from 0.2 (thanks vincentfretin!):

  • Venezuela

  • Saint Helena

  • Bolivia

0.2 - March 26, 2012

• Current through ISO newsletter VI-12

• Added missing entry for Afghanistan

• Updated entries

  • Bolivia (ISO Newsletter VI-6)

  • Libya (VI-11)

  • Saint Helena (VI-7)

  • Sudan (VI-10)

  • Venezuela (VI-5)

• New entries:

  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (VI-8)

  • Curaçao (VI-8)

  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (VI-8)

  • South Sudan (VI-10)

• Deleted entries:

  • Netherlands Antilles (VI-8)

0.1 - December 14, 2010

• Initial release