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Main Countries dictionary

The main United Nations' members and observers dictionary, consists of countries and their information.

Structure

Each key in the COUNTRIES constant has 12 items: 

COUNTRIES = {
    "Afghanistan": {
        "formal name": "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan",
        "motto": "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God",
        "continents": "Asia",
        "landlocked": True,
        "area": 652864.0,
        "land area": 652230.0,
        "population": 43844000,
        "official languages": ["Dari", "Pashto"],
        "official religion": "Sunni Islam",
        "nominal GDP": 16417000000,
        "HDI": 0.496,
        "PwrIndx": 2.7342,
        "ISO 3166-1": {"alpha-2": "AF", "alpha-3": "AFG", "numeric": "004"},
    },
    # ...
}

  • "formal name": Formal name of the country, type: str

  • "motto": Motto of the country (in English), type: str, None (if the country has no motto)

  • "continents": Continent(s) of the country’s mainland, type: str, list (if there are more than one continent)

  • "landlocked": Whether the country is landlocked or not, type: bool

  • "area": Area (in square kilometre) of the country, type: float

  • "land area": Land area (in square kilometre) of the country, type: float

  • "population": Population of the country, type: int

  • "official languages": Official language(s) of the country, type: str, list (if there are more than one language)

  • "official religion": Official religion of the country, type: str, None (if the country has no official religion)

  • "nominal GDP": Nominal gross domestic product of the country, type: int

  • "HDI": Human Development Index of the country, type: float, None (if the country is not measured)

  • "PwrIndx": Power Index (acordding to Global Firepower) of the country, type: float, None (if the country is not measured)

  • "ISO 3166-1": ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, alpha-3 and numeric codes of the country, type: dict

Usage example

from countries_dictionary import COUNTRIES

# Prints the formal name of a country
print(COUNTRIES["Vietnam"]["formal name"])

# Compares the population of two countries
print(COUNTRIES["North Korea"]["population"] > COUNTRIES["South Korea"]["population"])
print(COUNTRIES["North Korea"]["population"] == COUNTRIES["South Korea"]["population"])
print(COUNTRIES["North Korea"]["population"] < COUNTRIES["South Korea"]["population"])

# Creates the list of all countries
list_of_countries = list(COUNTRIES.keys())
print(list_of_countries)