Cartograph Country Facts (capital, population, area, languages, neighbours)
A dated fact card for any country: capital, population, area, languages, neighbours and flag.
How it works
Shows a fact card for one of 197 countries — capital, population with its estimate year, area, population density, rank in the world, official languages, land neighbours, the flag and its description — with a map of the country and its neighbours, and optionally compares it with a second country. Facts come from the final edition of The World Factbook (public domain) and Wikidata. It is the facts engine of the Cartograph app.
- Capital, population estimate (with its year), total area (land and water), land borders and the flag description come from the final edition of The World Factbook (CIA, archived in February 2026, public domain). Borders are made symmetric; borders of overseas parts count for their country (France borders Brazil and Suriname through French Guiana).
- Official languages and the capitals that the Factbook had out of date come from Wikidata (CC0). Palestine combines the Factbook’s West Bank and Gaza Strip entries.
- Density = population ÷ total area. Ranks count the 197 countries of the atlas (1 = largest).
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m outlines, which show de-facto boundaries; disputed borders are not endorsed.
Sources
- The World Factbook, final edition (archived February 2026; public domain), via the factbook.json mirror (Central Intelligence Agency (US Government))
- Wikidata — country items: ISO 3166-1 codes, UN membership, official languages, labels (CC0 1.0) (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Natural Earth 1:110m Cultural Vectors — Admin 0 Countries (public domain) (Natural Earth)
- flag-icons 7.6.0 — country flags in SVG (MIT licence) (Panayiotis Lipiridis and contributors)
- ISO 3166-1 country codes (Online Browsing Platform) (ISO)
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How to use the Cartograph Country Facts card
A dated fact card for any of 197 countries with capital, population, area, density, languages, land neighbours, flag and a map, plus a side-by-side comparison.
What it is for
Homework, a pub quiz, a trip or an argument at dinner: sometimes you just need the basic numbers of a country, with a year and a source you can trust. This tool shows a fact card for any of 197 countries: capital, population estimate with its year, area, population density, rank in the world, official languages, land neighbours, the flag with its official description, and a map of the country and its neighbours. Add a second country to compare the two side by side.
The facts come from the final edition of The World Factbook, which the CIA archived in February 2026 (public domain), and from Wikidata for official languages and a few capitals the Factbook had not updated.
Worked example
Japan compared with Germany:
| Japan | Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | Tokyo | Berlin |
| Population | 123,201,945 (2024) | 84,012,284 (2025) |
| Area | 377,915 km² | 357,022 km² |
| Density | 326 per km² | 235.3 per km² |
| Rank population / area | 11 / 61 | 19 / 62 |
| Land neighbours | none | 9 |
Japan has 1.466 × the population of Germany on 1.059 × the area.
Canada compared with Russia shows a surprise: Canada has two land neighbours, the United States and Denmark. The Danish border is the 1.3 km line across Hans Island, agreed in 2022. Canada has 0.584 × the area and 0.28 × the population of Russia.
How to read the result
The population is the Factbook’s estimate for the year in brackets; it is not a census count. The area includes lakes and rivers. Density divides the two, so countries with large deserts or ice look emptier than the places where people live. Rank compares the 197 countries of the atlas, 1 being the largest.
Land neighbours are land borders only, made symmetric, and borders of overseas parts count for their country: France borders Brazil and Suriname through French Guiana. The map shows the country in dark green and its neighbours in light green; the outlines show de-facto boundaries.
Tips and common mistakes
- Countries are found by English name or ISO code:
Japan,JPorJPN. - Comparisons divide the first country by the second, so the order matters.
- The Factbook is no longer updated, so the newest population estimates are from 2024 or 2025. The card always shows the year.
- Island nations and enclaves often have no land neighbours, which is correct, not missing data.
- Kosovo and Taiwan have limited international recognition and the Holy See and Palestine are UN observers; their status appears as a note.
FAQ
Why does my country show a different population elsewhere?
Statistics offices, the UN and the World Bank estimate differently and for other years. The card shows one consistent source and says which year.
Is the capital list political?
It follows the Factbook, with Wikidata where the Factbook was outdated (Naypyidaw for Myanmar, Dodoma for Tanzania). Where a country has several capitals, the others are listed too.
Can I see the flag in other proportions?
The flag is shown 4:3 for every country; the official description below it gives the real design.
Does the tool go online?
No. All facts are bundled with the tool and the Cartograph app, so it works offline.
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For scripts and AI agents
- JSON API:
POST https://cartographcountryfacts.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate(same calculation as this page) - Interface description: OpenAPI 3.1 · AI guide: llms.txt
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP):
https://cartographcountryfacts.usefulweb.site/mcp· tool namecartograph_country_facts
Example request
curl -s -X POST https://cartographcountryfacts.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"country":"France"}'