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get_country_names() returns a vector with the names or codes of all
countries present in the ISO 3166-1 standard.
Arguments
- format
(Optional) A
characterstring indicating the format to be returned. The options are:"name": The name of the country."common name": The common name of the country."official name": The official name of the country."alpha 2": The two-letter country code."alpha 3": The three-letter country code."numeric": The numeric country code.
Value
A character vector with the names or codes of
all countries present in the ISO 3166-1 standard.
Details
The data from this function is based on data from the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) (ISO 3166-1) via the
ISOcodes R package. Click
here to learn more.
The ISOcodes R package uses XML files provided by
Debian's iso-codes
package for the data.
Examples
get_country_names(format = "alpha 3")
#> Aruba
#> "ABW"
#> Afghanistan
#> "AFG"
#> Angola
#> "AGO"
#> Anguilla
#> "AIA"
#> Åland Islands
#> "ALA"
#> Albania
#> "ALB"
#> Andorra
#> "AND"
#> United Arab Emirates
#> "ARE"
#> Argentina
#> "ARG"
#> Armenia
#> "ARM"
#> American Samoa
#> "ASM"
#> Antarctica
#> "ATA"
#> French Southern Territories
#> "ATF"
#> Antigua and Barbuda
#> "ATG"
#> Australia
#> "AUS"
#> Austria
#> "AUT"
#> Azerbaijan
#> "AZE"
#> Burundi
#> "BDI"
#> Belgium
#> "BEL"
#> Benin
#> "BEN"
#> Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
#> "BES"
#> Burkina Faso
#> "BFA"
#> Bangladesh
#> "BGD"
#> Bulgaria
#> "BGR"
#> Bahrain
#> "BHR"
#> Bahamas
#> "BHS"
#> Bosnia and Herzegovina
#> "BIH"
#> Saint Barthélemy
#> "BLM"
#> Belarus
#> "BLR"
#> Belize
#> "BLZ"
#> Bermuda
#> "BMU"
#> Bolivia, Plurinational State of
#> "BOL"
#> Brazil
#> "BRA"
#> Barbados
#> "BRB"
#> Brunei Darussalam
#> "BRN"
#> Bhutan
#> "BTN"
#> Bouvet Island
#> "BVT"
#> Botswana
#> "BWA"
#> Central African Republic
#> "CAF"
#> Canada
#> "CAN"
#> Cocos (Keeling) Islands
#> "CCK"
#> Switzerland
#> "CHE"
#> Chile
#> "CHL"
#> China
#> "CHN"
#> Côte d'Ivoire
#> "CIV"
#> Cameroon
#> "CMR"
#> Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
#> "COD"
#> Congo
#> "COG"
#> Cook Islands
#> "COK"
#> Colombia
#> "COL"
#> Comoros
#> "COM"
#> Cabo Verde
#> "CPV"
#> Costa Rica
#> "CRI"
#> Cuba
#> "CUB"
#> Curaçao
#> "CUW"
#> Christmas Island
#> "CXR"
#> Cayman Islands
#> "CYM"
#> Cyprus
#> "CYP"
#> Czechia
#> "CZE"
#> Germany
#> "DEU"
#> Djibouti
#> "DJI"
#> Dominica
#> "DMA"
#> Denmark
#> "DNK"
#> Dominican Republic
#> "DOM"
#> Algeria
#> "DZA"
#> Ecuador
#> "ECU"
#> Egypt
#> "EGY"
#> Eritrea
#> "ERI"
#> Western Sahara
#> "ESH"
#> Spain
#> "ESP"
#> Estonia
#> "EST"
#> Ethiopia
#> "ETH"
#> Finland
#> "FIN"
#> Fiji
#> "FJI"
#> Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
#> "FLK"
#> France
#> "FRA"
#> Faroe Islands
#> "FRO"
#> Micronesia, Federated States of
#> "FSM"
#> Gabon
#> "GAB"
#> United Kingdom
#> "GBR"
#> Georgia
#> "GEO"
#> Guernsey
#> "GGY"
#> Ghana
#> "GHA"
#> Gibraltar
#> "GIB"
#> Guinea
#> "GIN"
#> Guadeloupe
#> "GLP"
#> Gambia
#> "GMB"
#> Guinea-Bissau
#> "GNB"
#> Equatorial Guinea
#> "GNQ"
#> Greece
#> "GRC"
#> Grenada
#> "GRD"
#> Greenland
#> "GRL"
#> Guatemala
#> "GTM"
#> French Guiana
#> "GUF"
#> Guam
#> "GUM"
#> Guyana
#> "GUY"
#> Hong Kong
#> "HKG"
#> Heard Island and McDonald Islands
#> "HMD"
#> Honduras
#> "HND"
#> Croatia
#> "HRV"
#> Haiti
#> "HTI"
#> Hungary
#> "HUN"
#> Indonesia
#> "IDN"
#> Isle of Man
#> "IMN"
#> India
#> "IND"
#> British Indian Ocean Territory
#> "IOT"
#> Ireland
#> "IRL"
#> Iran, Islamic Republic of
#> "IRN"
#> Iraq
#> "IRQ"
#> Iceland
#> "ISL"
#> Israel
#> "ISR"
#> Italy
#> "ITA"
#> Jamaica
#> "JAM"
#> Jersey
#> "JEY"
#> Jordan
#> "JOR"
#> Japan
#> "JPN"
#> Kazakhstan
#> "KAZ"
#> Kenya
#> "KEN"
#> Kyrgyzstan
#> "KGZ"
#> Cambodia
#> "KHM"
#> Kiribati
#> "KIR"
#> Saint Kitts and Nevis
#> "KNA"
#> Korea, Republic of
#> "KOR"
#> Kuwait
#> "KWT"
#> Lao People's Democratic Republic
#> "LAO"
#> Lebanon
#> "LBN"
#> Liberia
#> "LBR"
#> Libya
#> "LBY"
#> Saint Lucia
#> "LCA"
#> Liechtenstein
#> "LIE"
#> Sri Lanka
#> "LKA"
#> Lesotho
#> "LSO"
#> Lithuania
#> "LTU"
#> Luxembourg
#> "LUX"
#> Latvia
#> "LVA"
#> Macao
#> "MAC"
#> Saint Martin (French part)
#> "MAF"
#> Morocco
#> "MAR"
#> Monaco
#> "MCO"
#> Moldova, Republic of
#> "MDA"
#> Madagascar
#> "MDG"
#> Maldives
#> "MDV"
#> Mexico
#> "MEX"
#> Marshall Islands
#> "MHL"
#> North Macedonia
#> "MKD"
#> Mali
#> "MLI"
#> Malta
#> "MLT"
#> Myanmar
#> "MMR"
#> Montenegro
#> "MNE"
#> Mongolia
#> "MNG"
#> Northern Mariana Islands
#> "MNP"
#> Mozambique
#> "MOZ"
#> Mauritania
#> "MRT"
#> Montserrat
#> "MSR"
#> Martinique
#> "MTQ"
#> Mauritius
#> "MUS"
#> Malawi
#> "MWI"
#> Malaysia
#> "MYS"
#> Mayotte
#> "MYT"
#> Namibia
#> "NAM"
#> New Caledonia
#> "NCL"
#> Niger
#> "NER"
#> Norfolk Island
#> "NFK"
#> Nigeria
#> "NGA"
#> Nicaragua
#> "NIC"
#> Niue
#> "NIU"
#> Netherlands
#> "NLD"
#> Norway
#> "NOR"
#> Nepal
#> "NPL"
#> Nauru
#> "NRU"
#> New Zealand
#> "NZL"
#> Oman
#> "OMN"
#> Pakistan
#> "PAK"
#> Panama
#> "PAN"
#> Pitcairn
#> "PCN"
#> Peru
#> "PER"
#> Philippines
#> "PHL"
#> Palau
#> "PLW"
#> Papua New Guinea
#> "PNG"
#> Poland
#> "POL"
#> Puerto Rico
#> "PRI"
#> Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
#> "PRK"
#> Portugal
#> "PRT"
#> Paraguay
#> "PRY"
#> Palestine, State of
#> "PSE"
#> French Polynesia
#> "PYF"
#> Qatar
#> "QAT"
#> Réunion
#> "REU"
#> Romania
#> "ROU"
#> Russian Federation
#> "RUS"
#> Rwanda
#> "RWA"
#> Saudi Arabia
#> "SAU"
#> Sudan
#> "SDN"
#> Senegal
#> "SEN"
#> Singapore
#> "SGP"
#> South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
#> "SGS"
#> Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
#> "SHN"
#> Svalbard and Jan Mayen
#> "SJM"
#> Solomon Islands
#> "SLB"
#> Sierra Leone
#> "SLE"
#> El Salvador
#> "SLV"
#> San Marino
#> "SMR"
#> Somalia
#> "SOM"
#> Saint Pierre and Miquelon
#> "SPM"
#> Serbia
#> "SRB"
#> South Sudan
#> "SSD"
#> Sao Tome and Principe
#> "STP"
#> Suriname
#> "SUR"
#> Slovakia
#> "SVK"
#> Slovenia
#> "SVN"
#> Sweden
#> "SWE"
#> Eswatini
#> "SWZ"
#> Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
#> "SXM"
#> Seychelles
#> "SYC"
#> Syrian Arab Republic
#> "SYR"
#> Turks and Caicos Islands
#> "TCA"
#> Chad
#> "TCD"
#> Togo
#> "TGO"
#> Thailand
#> "THA"
#> Tajikistan
#> "TJK"
#> Tokelau
#> "TKL"
#> Turkmenistan
#> "TKM"
#> Timor-Leste
#> "TLS"
#> Tonga
#> "TON"
#> Trinidad and Tobago
#> "TTO"
#> Tunisia
#> "TUN"
#> Türkiye
#> "TUR"
#> Tuvalu
#> "TUV"
#> Taiwan, Province of China
#> "TWN"
#> Tanzania, United Republic of
#> "TZA"
#> Uganda
#> "UGA"
#> Ukraine
#> "UKR"
#> United States Minor Outlying Islands
#> "UMI"
#> Uruguay
#> "URY"
#> United States
#> "USA"
#> Uzbekistan
#> "UZB"
#> Holy See (Vatican City State)
#> "VAT"
#> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
#> "VCT"
#> Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
#> "VEN"
#> Virgin Islands, British
#> "VGB"
#> Virgin Islands, U.S.
#> "VIR"
#> Viet Nam
#> "VNM"
#> Vanuatu
#> "VUT"
#> Wallis and Futuna
#> "WLF"
#> Samoa
#> "WSM"
#> Yemen
#> "YEM"
#> South Africa
#> "ZAF"
#> Zambia
#> "ZMB"
#> Zimbabwe
#> "ZWE"