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List of world countries in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML

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World countries in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML.

Countries data

This repository contains a list of world countries, as defined by ISO Standard 3166-1, in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML. Warning: not all entities in this project are independent countries; refer to the independent property to know if the country is considered a sovereign state.

Each line contains the country:

name
- common - common name in english
- official - official name in english
- native - list of all native names
  - key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
  - value: name object
    - key: official - official name translation
    - key: common - common name translation
country code top-level domain (tld)
code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (cca2)
code ISO 3166-1 numeric (ccn3)
code ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (cca3)
code International Olympic Committee (cioc)
ISO 3166-1 independence status (independent) (denotes the country is considered a sovereign state)
ISO 3166-1 assignment status (status)
UN Member status (unMember)
UN Regional Group (unRegionalGroup)
currencies - list of all currencies
- key: ISO 4217 currency code
- value: currency object
  - key: name name of the currency
  - key: symbol symbol of the currency
International Direct Dialing info (idd)
- root - the root geographical code prefix. e.g. +6 for New Zealand, +4 for UK.
- suffixes - list of all suffixes assigned to this country. 4 for NZ, 809, 829, and 849 for Dominican Republic.
capital city(ies) (capital)
alternative spellings (altSpellings)
region
subregion
list of official languages (languages)
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: name of the language in english
list of name translations (translations)
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: name object
  - key: official - official name translation
  - key: common - common name translation
latitude and longitude (latlng)
demonyms - name of residents, translated & genderized
- key: three-letter ISO 639-3 language code
- value: genderized demonym object
  - key: f (female) or m (male)
  - value: genderized demonym translation
landlocked status (landlocked)
land borders (borders)
land area in km² (area)
emoji flag (flag)
calling codes (callingCodes)

Additional data

The data folder contains additional data such as the countries GeoJSON outlines and flags in SVG format.

Examples

JSON

{
	"name": {
		"common": "Austria",
		"official": "Republic of Austria",
		"native": {
			"bar": {
				"official": "Republik Österreich",
				"common": "Österreich"
			}
		}
	},
	"tld": [".at"],
	"cca2": "AT",
	"ccn3": "040",
	"cca3": "AUT",
	"cioc": "AUT",
	"independent": true,
	"status": "officially-assigned",
	"unMember": true,
	"unRegionalGroup": "Western European and Others Group",
	"currencies": {"EUR": {"name": "Euro", "symbol": "\u20ac"}},
	"idd": {
		"root": "+4",
		"suffixes": ["3"]
	},
	"capital": ["Vienna"],
	"altSpellings": ["AT", "Osterreich", "Oesterreich"],
	"region": "Europe",
	"subregion": "Western Europe",
	"languages": {
		"bar": "Austro-Bavarian German"
	},
	"translations": {
		"cym": {"official": "Republic of Austria", "common": "Awstria"},
		"deu": {"official": "Republik Österreich", "common": "Österreich"},
		"fra": {"official": "République d'Autriche", "common": "Autriche"},
		"hrv": {"official": "Republika Austrija", "common": "Austrija"},
		"ita": {"official": "Repubblica d'Austria", "common": "Austria"},
		"jpn": {"official": "オーストリア共和国", "common": "オーストリア"},
		"nld": {"official": "Republiek Oostenrijk", "common": "Oostenrijk"},
		"por": {"official": "República da Áustria", "common": "Áustria"},
		"rus": {"official": "Австрийская Республика", "common": "Австрия"},
		"spa": {"official": "República de Austria", "common": "Austria"}
	},
	"latlng": [47.33333333, 13.33333333],
	"demonyms": {
		"fra": {
			"f": "Autrichienne",
			"m": "Autrichien"
		},
		"spa": {
			"f": "Austriaco",
			"m": "Austriaca"
		}
	},
	"landlocked": true,
	"borders": ["CZE", "DEU", "HUN", "ITA", "LIE", "SVK", "SVN", "CHE"],
	"area": 83871,
	"callingCodes": ["+43"]
	"flag": "\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9"
}

GeoJSON and TopoJSON outlines

See an example for Germany: GeoJSON or TopoJSON.

CSV

"name.common","name.official","tld","cca2","ccn3","cca3","cioc","independent","status","unMember","currencies","idd.root","idd.suffixes","capital","altSpellings","region","subregion","languages","translations.ces.official","translations.ces.common","translations.deu.official","translations.deu.common","translations.est.official","translations.est.common","translations.fin.official","translations.fin.common","translations.fra.official","translations.fra.common","translations.hrv.official","translations.hrv.common","translations.hun.official","translations.hun.common","translations.ita.official","translations.ita.common","translations.jpn.official","translations.jpn.common","translations.kor.official","translations.kor.common","translations.nld.official","translations.nld.common","translations.per.official","translations.per.common","translations.pol.official","translations.pol.common","translations.por.official","translations.por.common","translations.rus.official","translations.rus.common","translations.slk.official","translations.slk.common","translations.spa.official","translations.spa.common","translations.swe.official","translations.swe.common","translations.urd.official","translations.urd.common","translations.zho.official","translations.zho.common","latlng","landlocked","borders","area","flag","demonyms.eng.f","demonyms.eng.m","demonyms.fra.f","demonyms.fra.m","callingCodes"
"Aruba","Aruba",".aw","AW","533","ABW","ARU","0","officially-assigned","0","AWG","+2","97","Oranjestad","AW","Americas","Caribbean","Dutch,Papiamento","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","アルバ","アルバ","아루바","아루바","Aruba","Aruba","آروبا","آروبا","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Аруба","Аруба","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","Aruba","اروبا","اروبا","阿鲁巴","阿鲁巴","12.5,-69.96666666","0","","180","🇦🇼","Aruban","Aruban","Arubaise","Arubais","+297"
"Afghanistan","Islamic Republic of Afghanistan",".af","AF","004","AFG","AFG","1","officially-assigned","1","AFN","+9","3","Kabul","AF,Afġānistān","Asia","Southern Asia","Dari,Pashto,Turkmen","Afghánská islámská republika","Afghánistán","Islamische Republik Afghanistan","Afghanistan","Afganistani Islamivabariik","Afganistan","Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta","Afganistan","République islamique d'Afghanistan","Afghanistan","Islamska Republika Afganistan","Afganistan","Afganisztáni Iszlám Köztársaság","Afganisztán","Repubblica islamica dell'Afghanistan","Afghanistan","アフガニスタン・イスラム共和国","アフガニスタン","아프가니스탄 이슬람 공화국","아프가니스탄","Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan","Afghanistan","جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان","افغانستان","Islamska Republika Afganistanu","Afganistan","República Islâmica do Afeganistão","Afeganistão","Исламская Республика Афганистан","Афганистан","Afgánsky islamský štát","Afganistan","República Islámica de Afganistán","Afganistán","Islamiska republiken Afghanistan","Afghanistan","اسلامی جمہوریہ افغانستان","افغانستان","阿富汗伊斯兰共和国","阿富汗","33,65","1","IRN,PAK,TKM,UZB,TJK,CHN","652230","🇦🇫","Afghan","Afghan","Afghane","Afghan","+93"
"Angola","Republic of Angola",".ao","AO","024","AGO","ANG","1","officially-assigned","1","AOA","+2","44","Luanda","AO,República de Angola,ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla","Africa","Middle Africa","Portuguese","Angolská republika","Angola","Republik Angola","Angola","Angola Vabariik","Angola","Angolan tasavalta","Angola","République d'Angola","Angola","Republika Angola","Angola","Angola","Angola","Repubblica dell'Angola","Angola","アンゴラ共和国","アンゴラ","앙골라 공화국","앙골라","Republiek Angola","Angola","جمهوری آنگولا","آنگولا","Republika Angoli","Angola","República de Angola","Angola","Республика Ангола","Ангола","Angolská republika","Angola","República de Angola","Angola","Republiken Angola","Angola","جمہوریہ انگولہ","انگولہ","安哥拉共和国","安哥拉","-12.5,18.5","0","COG,COD,ZMB,NAM","1246700","🇦🇴","Angolan","Angolan","Angolaise","Angolais","+244"
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XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<countries>
  <country name.common="Aruba" name.official="Aruba" name.native.nld.official="Aruba" name.native.nld.common="Aruba" name.native.pap.official="Aruba" name.native.pap.common="Aruba" tld=".aw" cca2="AW" ccn3="533" cca3="ABW" cioc="ARU" independent="0" status="officially-assigned" unMember="0" currencies.AWG.name="Aruban florin" currencies.AWG.symbol="ƒ" idd.root="+2" idd.suffixes="97" capital="Oranjestad" altSpellings="AW" region="Americas" subregion="Caribbean" languages.nld="Dutch" languages.pap="Papiamento" translations.ces.official="Aruba" translations.ces.common="Aruba" translations.deu.official="Aruba" translations.deu.common="Aruba" translations.est.official="Aruba" translations.est.common="Aruba" translations.fin.official="Aruba" translations.fin.common="Aruba" translations.fra.official="Aruba" translations.fra.common="Aruba" translations.hrv.official="Aruba" translations.hrv.common="Aruba" translations.hun.official="Aruba" translations.hun.common="Aruba" translations.ita.official="Aruba" translations.ita.common="Aruba" translations.jpn.official="アルバ" translations.jpn.common="アルバ" translations.kor.official="아루바" translations.kor.common="아루바" translations.nld.official="Aruba" translations.nld.common="Aruba" translations.per.official="آروبا" translations.per.common="آروبا" translations.pol.official="Aruba" translations.pol.common="Aruba" translations.por.official="Aruba" translations.por.common="Aruba" translations.rus.official="Аруба" translations.rus.common="Аруба" translations.slk.official="Aruba" translations.slk.common="Aruba" translations.spa.official="Aruba" translations.spa.common="Aruba" translations.swe.official="Aruba" translations.swe.common="Aruba" translations.urd.official="اروبا" translations.urd.common="اروبا" translations.zho.official="阿鲁巴" translations.zho.common="阿鲁巴" latlng="12.5,-69.96666666" landlocked="0" borders="" area="180" flag="🇦🇼" demonyms.eng.f="Aruban" demonyms.eng.m="Aruban" demonyms.fra.f="Arubaise" demonyms.fra.m="Arubais" callingCodes="+297"/>
  <country name.common="Afghanistan" name.official="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" name.native.prs.official="جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان" name.native.prs.common="افغانستان" name.native.pus.official="د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت" name.native.pus.common="افغانستان" name.native.tuk.official="Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy" name.native.tuk.common="Owganystan" tld=".af" cca2="AF" ccn3="004" cca3="AFG" cioc="AFG" independent="1" status="officially-assigned" unMember="1" currencies.AFN.name="Afghan afghani" currencies.AFN.symbol="؋" idd.root="+9" idd.suffixes="3" capital="Kabul" altSpellings="AF,Afġānistān" region="Asia" subregion="Southern Asia" languages.prs="Dari" languages.pus="Pashto" languages.tuk="Turkmen" translations.ces.official="Afghánská islámská republika" translations.ces.common="Afghánistán" translations.deu.official="Islamische Republik Afghanistan" translations.deu.common="Afghanistan" translations.est.official="Afganistani Islamivabariik" translations.est.common="Afganistan" translations.fin.official="Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta" translations.fin.common="Afganistan" translations.fra.official="République islamique d'Afghanistan" translations.fra.common="Afghanistan" translations.hrv.official="Islamska Republika Afganistan" translations.hrv.common="Afganistan" translations.hun.official="Afganisztáni Iszlám Köztársaság" translations.hun.common="Afganisztán" translations.ita.official="Repubblica islamica dell'Afghanistan" translations.ita.common="Afghanistan" translations.jpn.official="アフガニスタン・イスラム共和国" translations.jpn.common="アフガニスタン" translations.kor.official="아프가니스탄 이슬람 공화국" translations.kor.common="아프가니스탄" translations.nld.official="Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan" translations.nld.common="Afghanistan" translations.per.official="جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان" translations.per.common="افغانستان" translations.pol.official="Islamska Republika Afganistanu" translations.pol.common="Afganistan" translations.por.official="República Islâmica do Afeganistão" translations.por.common="Afeganistão" translations.rus.official="Исламская Республика Афганистан" translations.rus.common="Афганистан" translations.slk.official="Afgánsky islamský štát" translations.slk.common="Afganistan" translations.spa.official="República Islámica de Afganistán" translations.spa.common="Afganistán" translations.swe.official="Islamiska republiken Afghanistan" translations.swe.common="Afghanistan" translations.urd.official="اسلامی جمہوریہ افغانستان" translations.urd.common="افغانستان" translations.zho.official="阿富汗伊斯兰共和国" translations.zho.common="阿富汗" latlng="33,65" landlocked="1" borders="IRN,PAK,TKM,UZB,TJK,CHN" area="652230" flag="🇦🇫" demonyms.eng.f="Afghan" demonyms.eng.m="Afghan" demonyms.fra.f="Afghane" demonyms.fra.m="Afghan" callingCodes="+93"/>
  <country name.common="Angola" name.official="Republic of Angola" name.native.por.official="República de Angola" name.native.por.common="Angola" tld=".ao" cca2="AO" ccn3="024" cca3="AGO" cioc="ANG" independent="1" status="officially-assigned" unMember="1" currencies.AOA.name="Angolan kwanza" currencies.AOA.symbol="Kz" idd.root="+2" idd.suffixes="44" capital="Luanda" altSpellings="AO,República de Angola,ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla" region="Africa" subregion="Middle Africa" languages.por="Portuguese" translations.ces.official="Angolská republika" translations.ces.common="Angola" translations.deu.official="Republik Angola" translations.deu.common="Angola" translations.est.official="Angola Vabariik" translations.est.common="Angola" translations.fin.official="Angolan tasavalta" translations.fin.common="Angola" translations.fra.official="République d'Angola" translations.fra.common="Angola" translations.hrv.official="Republika Angola" translations.hrv.common="Angola" translations.hun.official="Angola" translations.hun.common="Angola" translations.ita.official="Repubblica dell'Angola" translations.ita.common="Angola" translations.jpn.official="アンゴラ共和国" translations.jpn.common="アンゴラ" translations.kor.official="앙골라 공화국" translations.kor.common="앙골라" translations.nld.official="Republiek Angola" translations.nld.common="Angola" translations.per.official="جمهوری آنگولا" translations.per.common="آنگولا" translations.pol.official="Republika Angoli" translations.pol.common="Angola" translations.por.official="República de Angola" translations.por.common="Angola" translations.rus.official="Республика Ангола" translations.rus.common="Ангола" translations.slk.official="Angolská republika" translations.slk.common="Angola" translations.spa.official="República de Angola" translations.spa.common="Angola" translations.swe.official="Republiken Angola" translations.swe.common="Angola" translations.urd.official="جمہوریہ انگولہ" translations.urd.common="انگولہ" translations.zho.official="安哥拉共和国" translations.zho.common="安哥拉" latlng="-12.5,18.5" landlocked="0" borders="COG,COD,ZMB,NAM" area="1246700" flag="🇦🇴" demonyms.eng.f="Angolan" demonyms.eng.m="Angolan" demonyms.fra.f="Angolaise" demonyms.fra.m="Angolais" callingCodes="+244"/>
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<countries>

YAML

- { name: { common: Aruba, official: Aruba, native: { nld: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, pap: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba } } }, tld: [.aw], cca2: AW, ccn3: '533', cca3: ABW, cioc: ARU, independent: false, status: officially-assigned, unMember: false, currencies: { AWG: { name: 'Aruban florin', symbol: ƒ } }, idd: { root: '+2', suffixes: ['97'] }, capital: [Oranjestad], altSpellings: [AW], region: Americas, subregion: Caribbean, languages: { nld: Dutch, pap: Papiamento }, translations: { ces: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, deu: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, est: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, fin: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, fra: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, hrv: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, hun: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, ita: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, jpn: { official: アルバ, common: アルバ }, kor: { official: 아루바, common: 아루바 }, nld: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, per: { official: آروبا, common: آروبا }, pol: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, por: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, rus: { official: Аруба, common: Аруба }, slk: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, spa: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, swe: { official: Aruba, common: Aruba }, urd: { official: اروبا, common: اروبا }, zho: { official: 阿鲁巴, common: 阿鲁巴 } }, latlng: [12.5, -69.96666666], landlocked: false, borders: {  }, area: 180, flag: 🇦🇼, demonyms: { eng: { f: Aruban, m: Aruban }, fra: { f: Arubaise, m: Arubais } }, callingCodes: ['+297'] }
- { name: { common: Afghanistan, official: 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan', native: { prs: { official: 'جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان', common: افغانستان }, pus: { official: 'د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت', common: افغانستان }, tuk: { official: 'Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy', common: Owganystan } } }, tld: [.af], cca2: AF, ccn3: '004', cca3: AFG, cioc: AFG, independent: true, status: officially-assigned, unMember: true, currencies: { AFN: { name: 'Afghan afghani', symbol: ؋ } }, idd: { root: '+9', suffixes: ['3'] }, capital: [Kabul], altSpellings: [AF, Afġānistān], region: Asia, subregion: 'Southern Asia', languages: { prs: Dari, pus: Pashto, tuk: Turkmen }, translations: { ces: { official: 'Afghánská islámská republika', common: Afghánistán }, deu: { official: 'Islamische Republik Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, est: { official: 'Afganistani Islamivabariik', common: Afganistan }, fin: { official: 'Afganistanin islamilainen tasavalta', common: Afganistan }, fra: { official: "République islamique d'Afghanistan", common: Afghanistan }, hrv: { official: 'Islamska Republika Afganistan', common: Afganistan }, hun: { official: 'Afganisztáni Iszlám Köztársaság', common: Afganisztán }, ita: { official: "Repubblica islamica dell'Afghanistan", common: Afghanistan }, jpn: { official: アフガニスタン・イスラム共和国, common: アフガニスタン }, kor: { official: '아프가니스탄 이슬람 공화국', common: 아프가니스탄 }, nld: { official: 'Islamitische Republiek Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, per: { official: 'جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان', common: افغانستان }, pol: { official: 'Islamska Republika Afganistanu', common: Afganistan }, por: { official: 'República Islâmica do Afeganistão', common: Afeganistão }, rus: { official: 'Исламская Республика Афганистан', common: Афганистан }, slk: { official: 'Afgánsky islamský štát', common: Afganistan }, spa: { official: 'República Islámica de Afganistán', common: Afganistán }, swe: { official: 'Islamiska republiken Afghanistan', common: Afghanistan }, urd: { official: 'اسلامی جمہوریہ افغانستان', common: افغانستان }, zho: { official: 阿富汗伊斯兰共和国, common: 阿富汗 } }, latlng: [33, 65], landlocked: true, borders: [IRN, PAK, TKM, UZB, TJK, CHN], area: 652230, flag: 🇦🇫, demonyms: { eng: { f: Afghan, m: Afghan }, fra: { f: Afghane, m: Afghan } }, callingCodes: ['+93'] }
- { name: { common: Angola, official: 'Republic of Angola', native: { por: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola } } }, tld: [.ao], cca2: AO, ccn3: '024', cca3: AGO, cioc: ANG, independent: true, status: officially-assigned, unMember: true, currencies: { AOA: { name: 'Angolan kwanza', symbol: Kz } }, idd: { root: '+2', suffixes: ['44'] }, capital: [Luanda], altSpellings: [AO, 'República de Angola', "ʁɛpublika de an'ɡɔla"], region: Africa, subregion: 'Middle Africa', languages: { por: Portuguese }, translations: { ces: { official: 'Angolská republika', common: Angola }, deu: { official: 'Republik Angola', common: Angola }, est: { official: 'Angola Vabariik', common: Angola }, fin: { official: 'Angolan tasavalta', common: Angola }, fra: { official: "République d'Angola", common: Angola }, hrv: { official: 'Republika Angola', common: Angola }, hun: { official: Angola, common: Angola }, ita: { official: "Repubblica dell'Angola", common: Angola }, jpn: { official: アンゴラ共和国, common: アンゴラ }, kor: { official: '앙골라 공화국', common: 앙골라 }, nld: { official: 'Republiek Angola', common: Angola }, per: { official: 'جمهوری آنگولا', common: آنگولا }, pol: { official: 'Republika Angoli', common: Angola }, por: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola }, rus: { official: 'Республика Ангола', common: Ангола }, slk: { official: 'Angolská republika', common: Angola }, spa: { official: 'República de Angola', common: Angola }, swe: { official: 'Republiken Angola', common: Angola }, urd: { official: 'جمہوریہ انگولہ', common: انگولہ }, zho: { official: 安哥拉共和国, common: 安哥拉 } }, latlng: [-12.5, 18.5], landlocked: false, borders: [COG, COD, ZMB, NAM], area: 1246700, flag: 🇦🇴, demonyms: { eng: { f: Angolan, m: Angolan }, fra: { f: Angolaise, m: Angolais } }, callingCodes: ['+244'] }

Customising the output

The data files provided in the dist directory include all available fields, but is also possible to build a custom version of the data with certain fields excluded.

To do this, you will first need a working PHP installation, composer and a local copy of this repository. Once you have these, open a terminal in your local version of this project's root directory and run this command to install the necessary dependencies:

composer install

After this finishes, run the following command (here we will exclude the tld field from the output, but you can exclude any field you want):

php countries.php convert --exclude-field=tld

You can also exclude multiple fields:

php countries.php convert --exclude-field=tld --exclude-field=cca2

# Or using the shorter `-x` syntax:
php countries.php convert -x tld -x cca2

If you prefer to include only some fields (this can not be combined with --exclude-field):

php countries.php convert --include-field=name --include-field=area

# or using the shorter `-i` syntax:
php countries.php convert -i name -i area

The generated files are put into the dist directory, but you can change this to another existing directory:

mkdir foobar
php countries.php convert --output-dir=foobar

You can also choose to only generate some of the output formats:

mkdir foobar
php countries.php convert --format=json_unescaped --format=csv

# or using the shorter `-f` syntax:
php countries.php convert -f json_unescaped -f csv

Showcase

Projects using this dataset:

How to contribute?

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

To do

add the type of the country (country, sovereign state, public body, territory, etc.)
pull in data automatically from CLDR at build time (idea from @Munter, see #108)

Sources

https://www.currency-iso.org/ for currency codes.

Region and subregion are taken from https://github.com/hexorx/countries.

GeoJSON outlines come from http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php.

The rest comes from Wikipedia.

Credits

Thanks to:

@Glazz for his help with country calling codes
@hexorx for his work (https://github.com/hexorx/countries)
@frederik-jacques for the capital cities
@fayer for the population, geolocation, demonym and area data
@ancosen for his help with the borders data
@herrjemand for country names and various fixes
all the contributors: https://github.com/mledoze/countries/graphs/contributors

License

See LICENSE.

Flags are not licensed under the ODbL license; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_on_emblems for more information.