Global Lua Modules/Country

Country
Information
Type	Invocable Lua module
Release status	Stable
Test suite status	Passed
Description	Gets data about specified country
Author(s)	Dessamator
Updated	November 17, 2025
Code	Module:Country
Dependencies	Module:Country/data

Country gets data about a country using its ISO code, decimal code, or name.

Installation

Lua installation
Module:	Create Module:Country on your wiki with the following code:

Syntax

• {{#invoke:country|main|<country-isocode>|<param2 see table below>}}
• {{#invoke:country|main|<country name>|<param2 see table below>}}
• {{#invoke:country|main|<country-code>|<country name>}}

Options

Name	Description	Example output
alpha-2	2-letter country code	NZ
alpha-3	3-letter country code	NZL
country-code	Country code	554
iso_3166-2	ISO code	ISO 3166-2:NZ
name	Country name	New Zealand
region	Region name	Oceania
region-code	Region code	009
sub-region	Subregion name	Australia and New Zealand
sub-region-code	Subregion code	053

Example

Code	Output
{{#invoke:country|countrycode|france}}	fr

Code	Output
{{#invoke:country|main|de|name}}	Germany

Code	Output
{{#invoke:country|main|france|country-code}}	250

See also

• ISO 3166 countries with regional codes on GitHub

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