World Cities Geolocation Data

Geolocation data for all of the cities in the world as json/csv.

See Examples and Download

You can generate your own custom list with extra data with the python script.

NPM install planned.

Examples and Download

Population Threshold	Meaning
1000	More precise. Villages, towns, and cities of 1000 or more in population. Bigger file size.
5000	Average. Towns and cities of 5000 or more in population.
15000	Least precise. Large towns, and cities of 15000 or more in population. Smaller file size.

Basic

JSON example	CSV example
[ { "country": "GB", "name": "London", "lat": "51.50853", "lng": "-0.12574", }, ]	country,name,lat,lng GB,London,51.50853,-0.12574

Population Threshold	Download JSON	Download CSV
1000	world_cities.json	world_cities.csv
5000	world_cities_5000.json	world_cities_5000.csv
15000	world_cities_15000.json	world_cities_15000.csv

Basic, including states for US only

JSON example	CSV example
[ { "country": "US", "state": "NY", "name": "New York City", "lat": "40.71427", "lng": "-74.00597" }, ]	country,state,name,lat,lng US,NY,New York City,40.71427,-74.00597

Population Threshold	Download JSON	Download CSV
1000	world_cities_(including_US_states).json	world_cities_(including_US_states).csv

Basic, including states and counties for all countries

Population Threshold	Download JSON	Download CSV
1000	world_cities_(including_all_states_and_counties).json	world_cities_(including_all_states_and_counties).csv

Basic, including states and counties for cities, in all countries, with the same name

Population Threshold	Download JSON	Download CSV
1000	world_cities_(including_states_and_counties_for_duplicate_names).json	world_cities_(including_states_and_counties_for_duplicate_names).csv

Example with all data points

{
    "name": "London",
    "lat": 51.50853,
    "lng": -0.12574,
    "geonameid": 2643743,
    "altnames": {
      "es": [
        "Londres"
      ],
      "it": [
        "Londra"
      ],
      ...
    },
    "timezone": "Europe/London",
    "population": 8961989,
    "elevation": "23",
    "country": "GB",
    "country_name": "United Kingdom",
    "state": "England",
    "county": "",
    "capital": "London",
    "continent": "EU",
    "currency_code": "GBP",
    "currency_name": "Pound",
    "phone": "44",
    "languages": "en-GB,cy-GB,gd",
    "neighbours": "IE"
  }

Custom Lists

To generate your own list, run python get_world_cities_geo_data.py and follow the CLI prompts.

You can choose whether you want to include cities/places with a population greater than '500', '1000', '5000', or '15000'.

Basic data:

• Place name
• Latitude
• Longitude

Optional additional data:

• ISO-3166 2-letter country code
• Full country name
• Geonameid
• State
• County
• Alternative names
• Timezone
• Population
• Elevation (metre)
• Continent
• Capital City
• Currency Code
• Currency Name
• Phone Extension
• Spoken Languages
• Country Neighbours

A free Geocoding API key is now required to fetch 'state' and 'county' data.

Sources

GeoNames: All data except States and Counties.

Geocoding: States and Counties.

Geo FCC: US Counties

Open Meteo: Elevation

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License