Codeigniter Pagination Code

<?php
//Model Code
//=============================================
class Countries extends CI_Model
{
    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function record_count() {
        return $this->db->count_all("Country");
    }

    public function fetch_countries($limit, $start) {
        /*
            $this->db->limit($limit, $start);
            $this->db->select('*');
            $this->db->from('Country');
            $this->db->where('status', 'Active');
            $query = $this->db->get();
        */
        $this->db->limit($limit, $start);
        $query = $this->db->get("Country");

        if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
            foreach ($query->result() as $row) {
                $data[] = $row;
            }
            return $data;
        }
        return false;
   }
}
?>
//=============================================
//Controller Code
//=============================================
<?php
public function blog()
    {
        $config = array();
        $config["base_url"] = base_url() . "/user/blog/";
        $config["total_rows"] = $this->blog_model->record_count();
        $config["per_page"] = 10;
        $config["uri_segment"] = 3;

        $config['full_tag_open'] = '<ul class="page-numbers">';
        $config['full_tag_close'] = '</ul>';
        $config['attributes'] = ['class' => 'page-number'];

        $config['first_link'] = false;
        $config['last_link'] = false;

        $config['first_tag_open'] = '<li>';
        $config['first_tag_close'] = '</li>';

        $config['prev_link'] = '<span class="ti-arrow-left"></span>';
        $config['prev_tag_open'] = '<li>';
        $config['prev_tag_close'] = '</li>';

        $config['next_link'] = '<span class="ti-arrow-right"></span>';
        $config['next_tag_open'] = '<li>';
        $config['next_tag_close'] = '</li>';

        $config['last_tag_open'] = '<li>';
        $config['last_tag_close'] = '</li>';

        $config['cur_tag_open'] = '<li><span class="page-number current">';
        $config['cur_tag_close'] = '</span></li>';

        $config['num_tag_open'] = '<li>';
        $config['num_tag_close'] = '</li>';

        $this->pagination->initialize($config);
        if($this->uri->segment(3)){
            $page = ($this->uri->segment(3)) ;
        }
        else{
            $page = 0;
        }
        $data["blogs"] = $this->blog_model->fetch_countries($config["per_page"], $page);
        $data["links"] = $this->pagination->create_links();

        // View data according to array.
        $this->load->view("Blog", $data);
    }
?>
//=============================================
//View Code
//=============================================
<?php
foreach($blogs as $data) {
    echo $data->Name . " - " . $data->Continent . "<br>";
}
?>
   <p><?php echo $links; ?></p>