How to iterate all ISO3166-Alpha2 codes in Python

First install the iso3166 library:

pip install iso3166

Now you can iterate all the alpha2 codes like DE and US like this:

from iso3166 import countries

for alpha2 in [country.alpha2 for country in countries]:
    print(country)

This will print:

AF
AX
AL
DZ
AS
AD
AO
AI
AQ
AG
AR
AM
AW
AU
AT
AZ
BS
BH
BD
BB
BY
BE
BZ
BJ
BM
BT
BO
BQ
BA
BW
BV
BR
IO
BN
BG
BF
BI
KH
CM
CA
CV
KY
CF
TD
CL
CN
CX
CC
CO
KM
CG
CD
CK
CR
CI
HR
CU
CW
CY
CZ
DK
DJ
DM
DO
EC
EG
SV
GQ
ER
EE
ET
FK
FO
FJ
FI
FR
GF
PF
TF
GA
GM
GE
DE
GH
GI
GR
GL
GD
GP
GU
GT
GG
GN
GW
GY
HT
HM
VA
HN
HK
HU
IS
IN
ID
IR
IQ
IE
IM
IL
IT
JM
JP
JE
JO
KZ
KE
KI
KP
KR
XK
KW
KG
LA
LV
LB
LS
LR
LY
LI
LT
LU
MO
MK
MG
MW
MY
MV
ML
MT
MH
MQ
MR
MU
YT
MX
FM
MD
MC
MN
ME
MS
MA
MZ
MM
NA
NR
NP
NL
NC
NZ
NI
NE
NG
NU
NF
MP
NO
OM
PK
PW
PS
PA
PG
PY
PE
PH
PN
PL
PT
PR
QA
RE
RO
RU
RW
BL
SH
KN
LC
MF
PM
VC
WS
SM
ST
SA
SN
RS
SC
SL
SG
SX
SK
SI
SB
SO
ZA
GS
SS
ES
LK
SD
SR
SJ
SZ
SE
CH
SY
TW
TJ
TZ
TH
TL
TG
TK
TO
TT
TN
TR
TM
TC
TV
UG
UA
AE
GB
US
UM
UY
UZ
VU
VE
VN
VG
VI
WF
EH
YE
ZM
ZW