REST Countries API: Get Population, Languages, and Currencies for Any Country

restcountries.com is a free API with data for every country in the world.

Quick Start

https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/japan

What You Get

• Name (common, official, native)
• Capital city
• Population (Japan: 123M)
• Area in km²
• Languages (Japanese)
• Currencies (JPY ¥)
• Timezones
• Calling codes
• Top-level domain (.jp)
• Flag emoji and image
• Borders (neighboring countries)
• Driving side

Filter by Region

https://restcountries.com/v3.1/region/europe

Returns all European countries with full data.

Use Cases

• Country selection dropdowns with real data
• Educational apps and quizzes
• Travel planning tools
• Data enrichment pipelines
• Demographic research

I built a Country Info Scraper on Apify — search knotless_cadence country-info.