Country scope
The November 2026 launch snapshot includes 250 geographic entries: 193 United Nations member states, two non-member observer entries, and 55 other entries. The Holy See’s observer status is represented through the Vatican City profile. The full list includes territories, dependencies, and other separately listed places. Inclusion is a directory decision and expresses no political position.
Regions, capitals, and borders
Country names, coordinates, capital or administrative-city labels, currencies, languages, area and land borders come from the mledoze/countries dataset and select editorial adjustments. Regions use seven groups, with Central America and the Caribbean in North America. Codes follow the source, including XK for Kosovo. Data fields can change, and a listed capital may use a specific administrative convention. Area and borders can depend on the scope used by the source.
Population estimates
The atlas includes 2025 World Bank population estimates for 215 matching entries. The World Bank indicator credits the United Nations, national statistical offices, and Eurostat among its sources. Estimates can be revised. Profiles and comparisons display an estimate only when the World Bank entry is available.
Random selection
The country wheel selects from all currently eligible entries using browser cryptographic randomness with rejection sampling. The displayed wheel contains up to eight readable wedges. If the selected winner was outside the visible preview, the display is refreshed to include it before the animation. Repeat avoidance removes prior winners in the current session until the history is cleared. Multi-picks shuffle the eligible list and take distinct entries.
Map and flag credits
World outlines use public-domain Natural Earth land data. Country pins are approximate reference coordinates. Detailed map links point to OpenStreetMap. Local flag artwork comes from the MIT-licensed flag-icons project. The country database and this modified JSON snapshot are offered under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.
For a data correction, include the affected profile, the field, and a source through the contact page.
Sources
- Country dataset and field definitions
- World Bank population estimates (SP.POP.TOTL)
- United Nations member states
- United Nations non-member observer states
- UN Statistics Division M49
- Natural Earth map data
- https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
- https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
Physical geography figures
Physical geography panels use selected values from the archived CIA World Factbook through the factbook.json project. These are reference snapshots. Profile notes link to the corresponding archive entry when there is a clear match. Where a broad atlas profile represents multiple islands or areas with separate archive records, a figure for one component is not used as the figure for the whole entry.
How to interpret coastlines, elevation, and land cover
Coastline length is scale-dependent, and a more detailed map can produce a different measured length. Elevations are shown in meters as recorded by the source. Land cover figures are dated estimates where a year is provided. Area, coast, population, and administrative fields can use different geographic coverage, especially for places with overseas areas or disputed boundaries. Check the original source before combining fields into a calculation.
Audit a field before reporting a correction
Open the source link on the profile and identify the specific field. Note whether your source uses the same boundary, year, and definition. For a capital, distinguish the city’s legal designation from the seat of government. For population, include the series and year. Send the page link, the proposed correction, and your source through the contact page. Report a geography data issue.