/** One row in the country list. Data, never copy — the guard lints only `.tsx`. */
export interface PhoneCountry {
    /** ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (`MD`, `RO`, ...). */
    iso: string;
    /** International dial code with leading `+` (`+373`, `+40`). */
    code: string;
    /**
     * English display name, used only as a fallback when `Intl.DisplayNames` is
     * unavailable or returns nothing for this ISO code — the normal path renders
     * a per-locale name from `Intl.DisplayNames([tag], { type: 'region' }).of(iso)`.
     */
    name: string;
    /** Local-segment format mask using `X` for digits and space separators (`XXX XX XXX`). */
    mask: string;
    /** Inclusive minimum digit count of the local segment. */
    minLen: number;
    /** Inclusive maximum digit count of the local segment. Equals the number of `X` in `mask`. */
    maxLen: number;
    /**
     * True for the one country that owns its dial code (`US` for `+1`, `RU` for `+7`, `GB` for `+44`).
     * A pasted `+1...` number has no way to tell the 25 countries that share the code apart, so it
     * is read as the main one.
     */
    main: boolean;
}
/**
 * Every country that has a phone numbering plan (245 regions), keyed by ISO code. The curated rows
 * come first, then the rest by ISO code; the component sorts for display by the locale's collator.
 *
 * The rest is generated by `yarn countries.sync` from libphonenumber's metadata, not typed: a
 * hand-written table of 245 countries is not something a government form can trust. Only the
 * facts are used. `libphonenumber-js` itself (~140 KB) is not a runtime dependency.
 * The mask follows the grouping of an example mobile number, and the length window is the
 * mobile-number length, which is also how the curated rows were set. The `mask` uses `X` for
 * required digits and literal spaces as visual separators; the formatter respects each
 * country's local-segment length window (`minLen` / `maxLen`).
 */
export declare const COUNTRIES: Record<string, PhoneCountry>;
/** Iteration order, Moldova first, then the other curated countries — the order used before any locale sort. */
export declare const DEFAULT_COUNTRY_ORDER: string[];