Total Regions : 6
Total Sub Regions : 22
Total Countries : 250
Total States/Regions/Municipalities : 5,299
Total Cities/Towns/Districts : 153,765
Total Postcodes : 728556 (117 countries)
Total Timezones : 427 (100% IANA coverage)
Last Updated On: November 03, 2026

Recommended for production

The two managed products below are the fastest path to shipping. They're actively maintained, billed for sustainability, and back the rest of the ecosystem.

REST API — api.countrystatecity.in

Query countries, states, cities, and postcodes from any language. Free tier for prototyping; paid tiers for production.

curl https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries/IN/states/MH/cities \
  -H "X-CSCAPI-KEY: $YOUR_API_KEY"

Python applications can use the official sync and async client:

pip install countrystatecity-api
export CSC_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

from countrystatecity import CountryStateCity

with CountryStateCity() as client:
    states = client.get_states_of_country("IN")
    print([state["name"] for state in states[:3]])

Get a free API key → · Compare plans · Documentation · Interactive playground · OpenAPI spec · Status

Export Tool — export.countrystatecity.in

Build tailored datasets in your browser — pick country, region, format, and field selection, then download.

Launch the Export Tool →

Other ways to use the data

curl -LO https://github.com/dr5hn/countries-states-cities-database/releases/latest/download/json-cities.json.gz
gunzip json-cities.json.gz
curl -LO https://github.com/dr5hn/countries-states-cities-database/releases/latest/download/json-counties.json.gz
gunzip json-counties.json.gz

What's in the data

• 250 countries · 5,329 states / regions · 14,058 counties · 153,513 cities · 840k+ postcodes across 125 countries
• 19 languages of country and state names plus native script
• 100% IANA timezone coverage for cities
• Validated foreign keys on every contribution
• Formats: JSON, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB, XML, YAML, CSV, GeoJSON, TOON (LLM-optimised, ~40% fewer tokens than JSON), Parquet (columnar, analytics-ready)

Contributing

The easiest way is the Community Manager — submit corrections through a web UI with end-to-end tracking.

To edit JSON directly:

1. Fork and clone (git clone --depth 1).
2. Edit files under contributions/cities/, contributions/states/, contributions/countries/, contributions/counties/, or contributions/postcodes/.
3. Required for new cities: name, state_id, state_code, country_id, country_code, latitude, longitude. Optional: timezone, wikiDataId, native.
4. Omit id, created_at, updated_at, flag — auto-managed on import.
5. Open a pull request with a clear data source. If it removes, repurposes or restores ids, include its reviewed ledger events keyed by event_pr in that same PR. The Ledger migrations check validates the merge preview; all ids must be final at that preview.

{
  "name": "San Francisco",
  "state_id": 1416,
  "state_code": "CA",
  "country_id": 233,
  "country_code": "US",
  "latitude": "37.77493",
  "longitude": "-122.41942",
  "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "wikiDataId": "Q62"
}

Contributions guide · Contribution guidelines · Multi-level territories policy · Data versioning · Disputed and special territories · Administrative structure policy · The cities.type field

Don't edit the auto-generated directories (json/, csv/, xml/, yml/, sql/, etc.). They're rebuilt from MySQL on every release.

License and attribution

Licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL v1.0). Commercial use, modification, and redistribution all permitted. Attribution is required, and derivatives must be shared under the same license.

Data by Countries States Cities Database
https://github.com/dr5hn/countries-states-cities-database | ODbL v1.0

Some records also carry names or points copied from open sources that ask for credit: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) and Wikidata (CC0). Points are selected per record and rounded to eight decimals; the per-record source ledgers are in .github/fixes-docs/ledgers/. Official registers matched to records (categories, codes and unit names) also ask for credit:

• Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, register of spatial units REGPJ (CC BY 4.0)
• Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije (GURS), register of spatial units RPE, 13 October 2026 (CC BY 4.0)
• Maa- ja Ruumiamet, administrative and settlement division, 2 September 2026 (public data terms)
• Central Statistics Office and Tailte Éireann, Census 2022 built-up areas (CC BY 4.0)
• Stats NZ, territorial authorities and urban-rural areas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): this work is based on Stats NZ data licensed for reuse under CC BY 4.0
• Ville de Luxembourg, quartiers on data.public.lu (CC BY 4.0)
• Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, Codifier of administrative-territorial units and territories of territorial communities (KATOTTG), 7 July 2026 (CC BY 4.0): names and codes matched to records; CSC romanised the names under Cabinet of Ministers Resolution 55 (2010)
• Statistics South Africa, Census 2011 main places, distributed by UCT Libraries: main-place codes and classes matched to records; the mapping to type is CSC's

Country names in some languages follow Unicode CLDR 48.2: Copyright © 2015-2024 Unicode, Inc., under the Unicode License v3, whose notice must travel with copies.

Source credits and notices for 63 sources are in .github/licenses/SOURCES.txt; export releases attach it with the other notices. The register also identifies 233 sources whose redistribution basis remains under review. Keep the applicable credits and notices when redistributing the data.

Support

If this project saves you time, please consider supporting its continued maintenance.

You can also plant a tree on behalf of the project.

Reach out: gadadarshan [at] gmail [dot] com

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Disclaimer

Community-maintained data may contain errors or lag behind geopolitical changes. Verify critical data with official sources. Report issues.