Continent API

Pass NA or EU. Get the continent, then every country in it.

You want every country in that continent.

name

Common name

region

Broader region

population

Population estimate

area

Total area in km²

countries

Every country in the continent

Pass a code

NA, EU, AF, AS, OC, SA, AN.

Get the record

Name, region, area.

List the countries

GET /continent/{code}/countries.

7 continents.

Every country grouped. Every plan.

Look up a continent by two-letter code.

Pass NA, EU, AF, AS, OC, SA, or AN for name, region, and area. List every country in that continent at /continent/{code}/countries. Population rolls up from the official country totals.

RESPONSE

$ curl "https://api.parseapi.com/continent/na" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

// 200 · ~35ms US · ~97ms worldwide
{
  "continent": "NA",
  "name": "North America",
  "region": "Americas",
  "subregion": "Northern America",
  "population": 600000000,
  "area": 24709000,
  "emoji": "🌎"
}

Response fields

continent: Continent code (NA, EU, AF, AS, OC, SA, AN)
name: Common name
region: Broader region
subregion: UN subregion
population: Population estimate
area: Total area in km²
emoji: Continent emoji

QUESTIONS

When do I use which?: A continent code for the record. /countries for every country in it.
Which codes?: NA, EU, AF, AS, OC, SA, AN.
How do I list countries?: GET /continent/{code}/countries.

SPEED

How long /continent takes.

10ms

12ms

APAC

50ms

LatAm

9ms

86ms

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Coverage

Seven continents. Official country totals, rolled up.

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