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World Country Profiles Sourced from Wikipedia's Country Page Infoboxes Converted into JSON - Free Open Public Domain Data

countries.json - World Country Profiles Sourced from Wikipedia's Country Page Infoboxes Converted into JSON

What are Wikipedia's Country Page Infoboxes?

Every country page on Wikipedia has on the right-hand side a "floating" infobox about facts. Example in original Wikitext/script source (simplified w/o references):

{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Austria
| common_name            = Austria
| native_name            = Republik Österreich (German)
| image_flag             = Flag of Austria.svg
| image_coat             = Austria Bundesadler.svg
| national_motto         =
| national_anthem        = [[National anthem of Austria|Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich]] (German)
                           (English "National Anthem of the Republic of Austria")
                           Land der Berge Land am Strome instrumental.ogg
| image_map              = EU-Austria.svg
| map_caption            = {{map ... EU-Austria.svg}}
| capital                = [[Vienna]]
| coordinates            = {{Coord|48|12|N|16|21|E}}
| largest_city           = capital
| languages              = [[German language|German]]
| languages_type         = [[Official language]] and [[national language]]
| languages2             = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]],
                           [[Slovene language|Slovene]]
                           [[Burgenland Croatian]]
| languages2_type        = Recognised languages
| ethnic_groups          = 81.1% [[Austrians]]
                            6.3% Ex-[[Yugoslavs]]
                            2.7% [[Germans]]
                            2.2% [[Turks in Austria|Turks]]
                            8.7% Other
| ethnic_groups_year     = 2012
| religion_year          = 2018
| religion               = 69.0% [[Christianity]]
                            —57.0% [[Catholic Church in Austria|Catholicism]]
                            —8.7% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]]
                            —3.3% Other [[List of Christian denominations|Christian]]
                           22.0% [[Irreligion|No religion]]
                            7.9% [[Islam in Austria|Islam]]
                            1.1% [[Religion in Austria|Other]]
| demonym                  = [[Austrians|Austrian]]
| government_type          = [[Federal republic|Federal]] [[parliamentary republic]]
| leader_title1            = [[President of Austria|President]]
| leader_name1             = [[Alexander Van der Bellen]]
| leader_title2            = [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]]
| leader_name2             = [[Sebastian Kurz]]
| leader_title3            = [[Vice Chancellor of Austria|Vice Chancellor]]
| leader_name3             = [[Werner Kogler]]
| legislature              = [[Austrian Parliament|Parliament]]
| upper_house              = [[Federal Council (Austria)|Federal Council]]
| lower_house              = [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]
| sovereignty_type         = Establishment history
| established_event1       = [[Margraviate of Austria]]
| established_date1        = 976
| established_event2       = [[Duchy of Austria]]
| established_date2        = 1156
| established_event3       = [[Archduchy of Austria]]
| established_date3        = 1453
| established_event4       = [[Austrian Empire]]
| established_date4        = 1804
| established_event5       = [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]]
| established_date5        = 1867
| established_event6       = [[First Republic of Austria|First Republic]]
| established_date6        = 1918
| established_event7       = [[Federal State of Austria|Federal State]]
| established_date7        = 1934
| established_event8       = [[Anschluss]]
| established_date8        = 1938
| established_event9       = [[Second Austrian Republic|Second Republic]]
| established_date9        = since 1945
| established_event10      = [[Austrian State Treaty|State Treaty]] in effect
| established_date10       = 27 July 1955
| established_event11      = [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 109|Admitted to the]] [[United Nations]]
| established_date11       = 14 December 1955
| established_event12      = [[1995 enlargement of the European Union|Joined]] the [[European Union]]
| established_date12       = 1 January 1995
| area_km2                 = 83,879
| area_rank                = 113th
| area_sq_mi               = 32,385.86
| percent_water            = 0.84 (as of 2015)
| population_estimate      = {{increase}} 8,902,600
| population_estimate_year = January 2020
| population_estimate_rank = 98th
| population_density_km2   = 106
| population_density_sq_mi = 262.6
| population_density_rank  = 106th
| GDP_PPP                  = $461.432 billion
| GDP_PPP_year             = 2018
| GDP_PPP_rank             =
| GDP_PPP_per_capita       = $51,936
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank  = 17th
| GDP_nominal              = $446,315 billion
| GDP_nominal_year         = 2019
| GDP_nominal_rank         = 27th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita   = $50,277
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 15th
| Gini                     = 27.5
| Gini_year                = 2019
| Gini_change              = increase
| Gini_rank = 14th
| HDI                      = 0.914
| HDI_year = 2018
| HDI_change               = increase
| HDI_rank                 = 20th
| currency                 = [[Euro]] ([[Euro sign|€]])
| currency_code            = EUR
| time_zone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset               = +1
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
| time_zone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| drives_on                = right
| calling_code             = [[Telephone numbers in Austria|+43]]
| cctld                    = [[.at]]
}}

(Source: Austria's "Raw" Page Source @ Wikipedia )

That gets via the wikiscript/text parser turned into a JSON datasets for easy (re)use resulting in:

{
  "conventional_long_name": "Republic of Austria",
  "common_name": "Austria",
  "native_name": "Republik Österreich (German)",
  "image_flag": "Flag of Austria.svg",
  "image_coat": "Austria Bundesadler.svg",
  "national_anthem": "Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich (German),
                      (English: \"National Anthem of the Republic of Austria\")",
  "image_map": "EU-Austria.svg",
  "map_caption": "Europe",
  "capital": "Vienna",
  "coordinates": "48°12'N, 16°21'E",
  "largest_city": "capital",
  "languages": "German",
  "languages_type": "Official language and national language",
  "languages2": "Hungarian, Slovene, Burgenland Croatian",
  "languages2_type": "Recognised languages",
  "ethnic_groups": "81.1% Austrians,
                     6.3% Ex-Yugoslavs,
                     2.7% Germans,
                     2.2% Turks,
                     8.7% Other",
  "ethnic_groups_year": "2012",
  "religion_year": "2018",
  "religion": "69.0% Christianity,
                —57.0% Catholicism,
                —8.7% Eastern Orthodoxy,
                —3.3% Other Christian,
               22.0% No religion,
                7.9% Islam,
                1.1% Other",
  "demonym": "Austrian",
  "government_type": "Federal parliamentary republic",
  "leader_title1": "President",
  "leader_name1": "Alexander Van der Bellen",
  "leader_title2": "Chancellor",
  "leader_name2": "Sebastian Kurz",
  "leader_title3": "Vice Chancellor",
  "leader_name3": "Werner Kogler",
  "legislature": "Parliament",
  "upper_house": "Federal Council",
  "lower_house": "National Council",
  "sovereignty_type": "Establishment history",
  "established_event1": "Margraviate of Austria",
  "established_date1": "976",
  "established_event2": "Duchy of Austria",
  "established_date2": "1156",
  "established_event3": "Archduchy of Austria",
  "established_date3": "1453",
  "established_event4": "Austrian Empire",
  "established_date4": "1804",
  "established_event5": "Austro-Hungarian Empire",
  "established_date5": "1867",
  "established_event6": "First Republic",
  "established_date6": "1918",
  "established_event7": "Federal State",
  "established_date7": "1934",
  "established_event8": "Anschluss",
  "established_date8": "1938",
  "established_event9": "Second Republic",
  "established_date9": "since 1945",
  "established_event10": "State Treaty in effect",
  "established_date10": "27 July 1955",
  "established_event11": "Admitted to the United Nations",
  "established_date11": "14 December 1955",
  "established_event12": "Joined the European Union",
  "established_date12": "1 January 1995",
  "area_km2": "83,879",
  "area_rank": "113th",
  "area_sq_mi": "32,385.86",
  "percent_water": "0.84 (as of 2015)",
  "population_estimate": "(increase) 8,902,600",
  "population_estimate_year": "January 2020",
  "population_estimate_rank": "98th",
  "population_density_km2": "106",
  "population_density_sq_mi": "262.6",
  "population_density_rank": "106th",
  "GDP_PPP": "$461.432 billion",
  "GDP_PPP_year": "2018",
  "GDP_PPP_per_capita": "$51,936",
  "GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank": "17th",
  "GDP_nominal": "$446,315 billion",
  "GDP_nominal_year": "2019",
  "GDP_nominal_rank": "27th",
  "GDP_nominal_per_capita": "$50,277",
  "GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank": "15th",
  "Gini": "27.5",
  "Gini_year": "2019",
  "Gini_change": "increase",
  "Gini_rank": "14th",
  "HDI": "0.914",
  "HDI_year": "2018",
  "HDI_change": "increase",
  "HDI_rank": "20th",
  "currency": "Euro (€)",
  "currency_code": "EUR",
  "time_zone": "CET",
  "utc_offset": "+1",
  "utc_offset_DST": "+2",
  "time_zone_DST": "CEST",
  "drives_on": "right",
  "calling_code": "+43",
  "cctld": ".at"
}

Note: All country profiles always use the original wikipedia page name - most of the time that's the name you kind of expect BUT beware of some "outliers" with qualifiers (e.g. (country)) or with official names (e.g. Republic of ...) or even island collectives with commas (,) e.g.:

Page	Dataset
Austria	=> Austria.json
Belgium	=> Belgium.json
Georgia (country)	=> Georgia_(country).json
Republic of Ireland	=> Republic_of_Ireland.json
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina	=> Archipelago_of_San_Andrés,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina.json

and so on.

...

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