pandas merge two dataframes with some different rows code example

Example 1: merge two dataframes based on column

df_outer = pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id', how='outer')

df_outer

Example 2: pandas merge multiple dataframes

import pandas as pd
from functools import reduce

# compile the list of dataframes you want to merge
data_frames = [df1, df2, df3]
df_merged = reduce(lambda  left,right: pd.merge(left,right,on=['key_col'],
                                            how='outer'), data_frames)