A free open public domain world database & schema for use in any (programming) language (e.g. uses plain text fixtures/data sets)

Build yourself a copy of the world.db from the plain text fixtures in two steps.

Step 1: Get a copy of the world.db fixtures

$ git clone git://github.com/geraldb/world.db.git

Step 2: Let's build the world.db

$ worldb setup --include ./world.db

That's it.

Try the world.db Web Admin demo running on Heroku worlddb.herokuapp.com.

The world.db includes the following tables:

• countries
• regions
• cities
• tags
• taggings (many-to-many join table for tags+countries/regions/cities)
• langs
• usages (many-to-many join table for langs+countries)
• props

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CREATE TABLE "countries" (
  "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
  "title" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "key" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "tag" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "synonyms" varchar(255),
  "pop" integer,
  "area" integer,
  "created_at" datetime NOT NULL,
  "updated_at" datetime NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE "regions" (
  "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
  "title" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "key" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "synonyms" varchar(255),
  "country_id" integer NOT NULL,
  "pop" integer, "area" integer,
  "created_at" datetime NOT NULL,
  "updated_at" datetime NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE "cities" (
  "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
  "title" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "key" varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  "synonyms" varchar(255),
  "country_id" integer NOT NULL,
  "region_id" integer,
  "pop" integer,
  "area" integer,
  "created_at" datetime NOT NULL,
  "updated_at" datetime NOT NULL
);

To build your own world.db copy use the worlddb command line tool. See the worlddb command line tool project for more.

The worlddb command line tool lets you import fixtures (countries, regions, cities) in plain text. Example:

north-america/countries.txt:

ca, Canada,        CAN, 9_984_670,  34_278_406, un|north america
mx, Mexico,        MEX, 1_972_550, 112_322_757, un|north america
us, United States, USA, 9_629_091, 314_167_157, un|north america

europe/at/cities.txt:

Wien [Vienna],                W,  1_664_146
St. Pölten,                   N,     51_360
Wr. Neustadt|Wiener Neustadt, N,     39_940

The plain text format reader skips comments (starting with #) and blank lines. Example:

###################################################
# Your comments here
#

Q: Why is Kanada spelled with a K and not a C? Why is Argentina spelled Argentien?

A: Look for the English version. In the German version Canada is spelled Kanada and Argentina is spelled Argentinien.

Q: Why is country X missing?

A: It all started with Sportbook - an open source football pool for the Champions League. Is a club from country X playing in the Champions League 2012/13 season? If, yes, it is included in the first commit.

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The world.db schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Send them along to the Open Sports Database & Friends Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!