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By my count there are 11 countries missing from the book including japan, moldova, nauru, northern marianas, paraguay, st. Potomac books publishes a commercial version of the world factbook in order to extend the limited audience reached by the cias own publication. The world factbook, prepared by the cia using information from a halfdozen cabinetlevel agencies, profiles basic intelligence on all areas of the world. May 08, 2018 previous editions of the world factbook have been known for poor editing but this edition takes the cake. It must match the first two elements of the reference entry. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of nigeria 2015 information contained here.
The 2001 cia world factbook library of congress classification. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 272. Oceania cia world factbook the best country factbook. References guide to country comparisons the world factbook. If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the url address below this line. So, we will use following python modules to build our database and visualizations. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about the 2009 cia world fact book should be addressed to the cia. This image contains digital watermarking or credits in the image itself. Central intelligence identifier theciaworldfactb27638gut. Nov 24, 2015 from afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2016 offers complete and uptodate information on the world s nations. One page summaries the world factbook central intelligence. For each country, the cia world factbook 20192020 includes.
The ultimate, comprehensive guide to countrybycountry statistics around the world from the researchers and analysts at cia. Central intelligence agency two databases, one from the former soviet unions komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti kgb and the other from the united states of americas central intelligence agency cia, featuring detailed. The official print version is available from the government printing office. This allinclusive reference guide has been updated for 2008 with detailed information on politics, populations, military expenditures, economics, and much more. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti united states. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Cia the world factbook references flags of the world.
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