diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 407121cee7..3ab3122e48 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -197,13 +197,14 @@ def known_email_2_type? = email_2_type.in?(CONTACT_TYPES)
     attributes address_city:   "addresses.city"
     attributes address_state:  "addresses.state"
     attributes address_zip:    "addresses.zip_code"
+    attributes address_country: "addresses.country"
     attributes address_phone:  "addresses.phone"
 
     attributes all: [ :first_name, :legal_first_name, :last_name, :email, :email_2,
                       "user.first_name", "user.last_name", "user.email", "user.phone",
                       "contact_methods.value",
                       "addresses.street_address", "addresses.city", "addresses.state",
-                      "addresses.zip_code", "addresses.phone" ]
+                      "addresses.zip_code", "addresses.country", "addresses.phone" ]
     options :all, type: :text, default: true, default_operator: :or
   end
 
@@ -220,10 +221,11 @@ def known_email_2_type? = email_2_type.in?(CONTACT_TYPES)
     attributes address_city:   "addresses.city"
     attributes address_state:  "addresses.state"
     attributes address_zip:    "addresses.zip_code"
+    attributes address_country: "addresses.country"
     attributes address_phone:  "addresses.phone"
     attributes all: [ "contact_methods.value",
                       "addresses.street_address", "addresses.city", "addresses.state",
-                      "addresses.zip_code", "addresses.phone" ]
+                      "addresses.zip_code", "addresses.country", "addresses.phone" ]
     options :all, type: :text, default: true, default_operator: :or
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/people/_search_boxes.html.erb b/app/views/people/_search_boxes.html.erb
index 03a845881a..26f47b790b 100644
--- a/app/views/people/_search_boxes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/people/_search_boxes.html.erb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <!-- Contact info (admin only) -->
         <%= render "shared/filter_text", param: :contact_info, label: "Contact info", submit: true,
               wrapper_class: "w-full",
-              tooltip: "Searches phone, address, city, state, and ZIP." %>
+              tooltip: "Searches phone, address, city, state, ZIP, and country." %>
       </div>
     </div>
   <% end %>
diff --git a/db/seeds/features/2026-10-25-search-people-by-address-country.yml b/db/seeds/features/2026-10-25-search-people-by-address-country.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffad6298ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/seeds/features/2026-10-25-search-people-by-address-country.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: "Search people by their address country"
+area: people
+display_status: admin_facing
+released_on: 2026-10-25
+pr_number: 2837
+summary: >-
+  The people search's contact info now matches the country on a person's address, so
+  typing "India" — or address_country:"South Africa" — finds the people who live there.
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index e13a437648..8b4ea334e2 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -705,6 +705,21 @@ def phone_numbers
       expect(Person.search_name_email('alice@example')).to include(person_alice)
     end
 
+    it 'search_contact matches an address country' do
+      create(:address, addressable: person_bob, country: 'South Africa')
+
+      expect(Person.search_contact('South Africa')).to contain_exactly(person_bob)
+      expect(Person.search_contact('address_country:"South Africa"')).to contain_exactly(person_bob)
+    end
+
+    it 'filters by contact_info matching an address country' do
+      create(:address, addressable: person_bob, country: 'South Africa')
+      create(:address, addressable: person_alice, country: 'India')
+
+      expect(Person.search_by_params(contact_info: 'address_country:"South Africa"')).to contain_exactly(person_bob)
+      expect(Person.search_by_params(contact_info: 'India')).to contain_exactly(person_alice)
+    end
+
     it 'filters by shared_contact_info matching a full name' do
       results = Person.search_by_params(shared_contact_info: 'Alice Smith')
       expect(results).to include(person_alice)