Research Country Demographics
Access detailed demographic data for any country including population, languages, ethnic groups, and age distribution.
Country Data
Facts for any country, instantly
Structured facts for every country. Look up any country by name, ISO code, or currency for capital, population, languages, timezones, borders, and flags. Search by region or language, or compare two countries side by side.
Country Lookup
Get comprehensive data for a country by name, ISO code, or currency code. Returns capital, population, languages, currencies, region, timezones, borders, and flag.
Returns: Comprehensive country data including capital, population, languages, currencies, timezones, borders, flags, and map links
Parameters
query *stringCountry name, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2/3 code, or currency code like "US", "USA", "United States", "USD"
Example
Look up country data for Japan
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"tool": "country-data",
"skill": "lookup",
"input": {
"query": "Japan"
}
}' \
https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/callSearch Countries
Search for countries by name, region, language, or currency. Returns matching countries with key information for comparison and filtering.
Returns: List of matching countries with name, capital, population, region, and flag emoji
Parameters
query *stringSearch term (country name, region, language, or currency depending on filter_by)
filter_bystringWhat to search by: "name", "region", "language", or "currency" (default "name")
Example
Find countries in Europe
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"tool": "country-data",
"skill": "search",
"input": {
"query": "europe",
"filter_by": "region"
}
}' \
https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/callCompare Countries
Side-by-side comparison of two countries across key metrics including population, area, GDP, languages, currencies, and timezones.
Returns: Side-by-side comparison of two countries including population, area, languages, currencies, and timezones
Parameters
country_a *stringFirst country name or code to compare
country_b *stringSecond country name or code to compare
Example
Compare USA and China
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"tool": "country-data",
"skill": "compare",
"input": {
"country_a": "US",
"country_b": "CN"
}
}' \
https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/callQuick Start
MCP (Claude Code)
claude mcp add --transport stdio \
--env TOOLROUTER_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY \
toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcpREST API
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{"tool":"country-data","skill":"lookup","input":{}}' \
https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/callUse Cases
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I look up a country by name, code, or currency?
Yes. Use `lookup` with a country name, ISO alpha-2 or alpha-3 code, or even a currency code like `USD`.
Can I compare two countries side by side?
Use `compare` to see population, area, languages, currencies, and timezones for two countries in one view.
Can I search for countries by region, language, or currency?
Yes. Use `search` and set `filter_by` to `region`, `language`, or `currency` depending on what you need.
What kind of details does a lookup return?
Expect core country facts such as capital, population, languages, currencies, region, timezones, borders, and flag data.