# Countries

Get list of countries with basic information.

Endpoint: GET /countries
Version: 2.0.0
Security: , 

## Query parameters:

  - `code` (string)
    Search a country by its 2 character country code (ISO 3166-1).

  - `limit` (integer)
    Limit number of records returned in response.

  - `sort_by` (string)
    Specify column to sort records by.
    Enum: "code", "continent", "capital", "population", "area", "coastline", "currency", "governmentform", "dialingprefix", "birthrate", "deathrate", "lifeexpectancy"

  - `sort_order` (string)
    Specify order for sorting.
    Enum: "asc", "desc"

  - `page` (integer)
    Specify page number to retrieve records of a particular page.

  - `active` (integer)
    Get only active records in response.


## Response default fields