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class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Territorial issues and controversies</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Territorial_issues_and_controversies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Territorial issues and controversies subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Territorial_issues_and_controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Political" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Political</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Areas_not_covered" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Areas_not_covered"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Areas not covered</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Areas_not_covered-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chagos_Archipelago" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chagos_Archipelago"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Chagos Archipelago</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chagos_Archipelago-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kashmir" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kashmir"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Kashmir</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kashmir-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Northern_Cyprus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Northern_Cyprus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>Northern Cyprus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Northern_Cyprus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taiwan/Republic_of_China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taiwan/Republic_of_China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.5</span> <span>Taiwan/Republic of China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taiwan/Republic_of_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disputed_South_China_Sea_Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disputed_South_China_Sea_Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.6</span> <span>Disputed South China Sea Islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disputed_South_China_Sea_Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Burma/Myanmar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Burma/Myanmar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.7</span> <span>Burma/Myanmar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Burma/Myanmar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Macedonia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Macedonia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.8</span> <span>North Macedonia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Macedonia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.9</span> <span>European Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_Pacific_Island_Wildlife_Refuges_and_Iles_Eparses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Pacific_Island_Wildlife_Refuges_and_Iles_Eparses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.10</span> <span>United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Iles Eparses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Pacific_Island_Wildlife_Refuges_and_Iles_Eparses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Serbia_and_Montenegro/Yugoslavia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Serbia_and_Montenegro/Yugoslavia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.11</span> <span>Serbia and Montenegro/Yugoslavia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Serbia_and_Montenegro/Yugoslavia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kosovo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kosovo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.12</span> <span>Kosovo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kosovo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-East_Timor/Timor-Leste" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#East_Timor/Timor-Leste"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.13</span> <span>East Timor/Timor-Leste</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-East_Timor/Timor-Leste-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Factual" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Factual"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Factual</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Factual-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_and_cited_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_and_cited_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>General and cited sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_and_cited_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-External_links-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle External links subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Mobile_versions_of_the_Factbook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mobile_versions_of_the_Factbook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Mobile versions of the <i>Factbook</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mobile_versions_of_the_Factbook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Factbook_by_year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Factbook_by_year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>The <i>Factbook</i> by year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Factbook_by_year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85" title="كتاب حقائق العالم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كتاب حقائق العالم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95" title="দ্য ওয়ার্ল্ড ফ্যাক্টবুক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দ্য ওয়ার্ল্ড ফ্যাক্টবুক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Сусветная кніга фактаў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сусветная кніга фактаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook" title="CIA World Factbook – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="CIA World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monda_faktolibro_de_CIA" title="Monda faktolibro de CIA – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monda faktolibro de CIA" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="کتاب حقایق جهانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتاب حقایق جهانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_CIA" title="The World Factbook CIA – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="The World Factbook CIA" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%94%EB%93%9C_%ED%8C%A9%ED%8A%B8%EB%B6%81" title="월드 팩트북 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="월드 팩트북" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook" title="CIA World Factbook – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="CIA World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook" title="CIA World Factbook – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="CIA World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%91%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99" 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Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85" title="کتاب حقائق عالم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کتاب حقائق عالم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="The World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" 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фактів – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Всесвітня книга фактів" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85" title="کتاب حقائق عالم – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کتاب حقائق عالم" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook" title="CIA World Factbook – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="CIA World Factbook" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi 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knowledge">General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Almanac" title="Almanac">Almanac</a> about the countries of the world</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="#Frequency_of_updates_and_availability">frequency of updates and availability</a>, no longer published in paper book form by the CIA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/">www<wbr />.cia<wbr />.gov<wbr />/the-world-factbook<wbr />/</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11191#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The World Factbook</b></i>, also known as the <i><b>CIA World Factbook</b></i>,<sup 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The official print version is available from the <a href="/wiki/Government_Publishing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Publishing Office">Government Publishing Office</a>. The <i>Factbook</i> is available in website and downloadable formats. It provides a two- to three-page summary of the <a href="/wiki/Demography" title="Demography">demographics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a>, communications, <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> of 266 international entities,<sup id="cite_ref-whatsnew_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatsnew-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">U.S.-recognized</a> countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world. </p><p><i>The World Factbook</i> is prepared by the CIA for the use of <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. government</a> officials, and its style, format, coverage, and content are primarily designed to meet their requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-CCI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also frequently used as a resource for academic research papers and news articles.<sup id="cite_ref-press_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">work of the U.S. government</a>, it is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain_in_the_United_States" title="Public domain in the United States">public domain in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pd_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WFB_2023.webp" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WFB_2023.webp/250px-WFB_2023.webp.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="410" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WFB_2023.webp/375px-WFB_2023.webp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WFB_2023.webp/488px-WFB_2023.webp.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Cover of the U.S. government print edition of <i>The World Factbook</i> (2023 edition)</figcaption></figure> <p>In researching the <i>Factbook</i>, the CIA uses the sources listed below, among other public and private sources.<sup id="cite_ref-cci_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cci-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Antarctic Information Program (<a href="/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" title="National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Medical_Intelligence_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center">Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">Bureau of the Census</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Department of Commerce</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics" title="Bureau of Labor Statistics">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">Department of Labor</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Managers_of_National_Antarctic_Programs" title="Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs">Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a> (Department of Defense)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">Department of Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">Department of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">Fish and Wildlife Service</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">Department of the Interior</a>)</li> <li><a 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Journal">Oil & Gas Journal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names" title="United States Board on Geographic Names">United States Board on Geographic Names</a> (Department of the Interior)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">United States Transportation Command</a> (Department of Defense)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Copyright">Copyright</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Copyright"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wfb_webby.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wfb_webby.png/250px-Wfb_webby.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="473" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wfb_webby.png/375px-Wfb_webby.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wfb_webby.png/500px-Wfb_webby.png 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="1937" /></a><figcaption><i>The World Factbook</i> website as it appeared in December 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Factbook</i> is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> and may be redistributed in part or in whole without need for permission,<sup id="cite_ref-cci_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cci-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the CIA requests that the <i>Factbook</i> be <a href="/wiki/Citation" title="Citation">cited</a> if used.<sup id="cite_ref-pd_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Copying the official seal of the CIA without permission is prohibited by the US federal <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency_Act_of_1949" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949">Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949</a> (<a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">50 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/403m">§ 403m</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Frequency_of_updates_and_availability">Frequency of updates and availability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Frequency of updates and availability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before November 2001, <i>The World Factbook</i> website was updated yearly;<sup id="cite_ref-faqs-u2d_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faqs-u2d-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2004 to 2010 it was updated every two weeks;<sup id="cite_ref-faqs-u2d_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faqs-u2d-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since 2010 it has been updated weekly.<sup id="cite_ref-weekly_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weekly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generally, information currently available as of January 1 of the current year<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is used in preparing the <i>Factbook</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_edition">Government edition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Government edition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Classified_information" title="Classified information">classified</a> edition of <i>Factbook</i> was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version in June 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-WBFhistory_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBFhistory-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The World Factbook</i> was first available to the public in print in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-WBFhistory_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBFhistory-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2008 the CIA printed the <i>Factbook</i>; from then it has been printed by the Government Printing Office<sup id="cite_ref-printgpo_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-printgpo-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following a CIA decision to "focus Factbook resources" on the online edition.<sup id="cite_ref-noprint_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noprint-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Factbook</i> has been available via the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> since October 1994,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving about six million visits per month in 2006;<sup id="cite_ref-press_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it can also be downloaded.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official printed version is sold<sup id="cite_ref-buy_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buy-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Government Printing Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Technical_Information_Service" title="National Technical Information Service">National Technical Information Service</a>. In past years, the <i>Factbook</i> was available on <a href="/wiki/CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROM</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Microfiche" class="mw-redirect" title="Microfiche">microfiche</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wfbems_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wfbems-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_tape" title="Magnetic tape">magnetic tape</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wfbems_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wfbems-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Floppy_disk" title="Floppy disk">floppy disk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wfbems_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wfbems-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reprints_and_older_editions_online">Reprints and older editions online</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reprints and older editions online"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many Internet sites use information and images from the CIA <i>World Factbook</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several publishers, including Grand River Books,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Potomac Books (formerly known as Brassey's Inc.),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Skyhorse_Publishing" title="Skyhorse Publishing">Skyhorse Publishing</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have published the <i>Factbook</i> in recent years. Older editions since 2000 may be downloaded (but not browsed) from the <i>Factbook</i> Web site.<sup id="cite_ref-pd_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entities_listed">Entities listed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Entities listed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_entities_and_changes_in_The_World_Factbook" title="List of entities and changes in The World Factbook">List of entities and changes in The World Factbook</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/360px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/540px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/720px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3464" data-file-height="1879" /></a><figcaption>Map of the world published by the <i>CIA World Factbook</i> in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>As of July 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <i>The World Factbook</i> comprises 266 entities,<sup id="cite_ref-whatsnew_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatsnew-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which can be divided into the following categories:<sup id="cite_ref-ents_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ents-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Independent countries</dt> <dd>The CIA defines these as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory."<sup id="cite_ref-ents_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ents-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this category, there are 195 entities.</dd> <dt>Others</dt> <dd>Places set apart from the list of independent countries. Currently there are two: <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.</dd> <dt>Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty</dt> <dd>Places affiliated with another country. They may be subcategorized by affiliated country: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>: 6 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>: 2 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>: 2 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>: 8 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: 3 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>: 3 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>: 3 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>: 17 entities</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: 14 entities</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Miscellaneous</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> and places in dispute. There are six such entities.</dd> <dt>Other entities</dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">World</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">oceans</a>. There are five oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other entries).<sup id="cite_ref-press_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territorial_issues_and_controversies">Territorial issues and controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Territorial issues and controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Original_research plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>possibly contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a></b>. Most references point to specific sections in the fact book, rather than sources critical of it; i.e. the criticisms are from the editor.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit">improve it</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifying</a> the claims made and adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a>. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political">Political</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-List_scope plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg/50px-Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg/75px-Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg/100px-Noun_Project_list_icon_1510508_cc.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="74" data-file-height="74" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">list</a> contains <b>entries that may be out of scope and need to be evaluated for removal</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help to <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit">clean it up</a> by removing items that do not meet the inclusion criteria agreed upon on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:The_World_Factbook" title="Talk:The World Factbook">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Areas_not_covered">Areas not covered</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Areas not covered"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Specific regions within a country or areas in dispute among countries, such as <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>, are not covered,<sup id="cite_ref-notin_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notin-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but other areas of the world whose status is disputed, such as the <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>, have entries.<sup id="cite_ref-notin_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notin-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subnational areas of countries (such as <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian provinces and territories</a>) are not included in the <i>Factbook</i>. Instead, users looking for information about subnational areas are referred to "a comprehensive encyclopedia" for their reference needs.<sup id="cite_ref-subnat_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subnat-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This criterion was invoked in the 2007<sup id="cite_ref-domrom_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-domrom-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2011<sup id="cite_ref-mayotte_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayotte-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> editions with the decision to drop the entries for <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Reunion</a>. They were dropped because besides being <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">overseas departments</a>, they were now <a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">overseas regions</a>, and an integral part of France.<sup id="cite_ref-domrom_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-domrom-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mayotte_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayotte-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Morocco_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–Morocco normalization agreement">recognition</a> of Morocco's sovereignty over <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> in late 2020, most of its data has been merged into Morocco's page.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CIA_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chagos_Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chagos Archipelago"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this article is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:The_World_Factbook##" title="Talk:The World Factbook">talk page</a>. Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some entries on the World Factbook are known to be in line with the political views and agenda of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The United States is said to have been behind both the excision of the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a> from Mauritian territory and the <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians" title="Expulsion of the Chagossians">forcible expulsion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chagossians" title="Chagossians">Chagossians</a> from their lands to establish a <a href="/wiki/Camp_Justice_(Diego_Garcia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Justice (Diego Garcia)">military base</a> on one of the island of the archipelago, namely <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Annex_26_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annex_26-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The US does not <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">recognise</a> the sovereignty of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> over the Chagos Archipelago and the archipelago is listed as the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> on the CIA Website.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_-_Chagos_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_-_Chagos-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website further erroneously mentioned that the Chagos Archipelago is also claimed by the Seychelles,<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_-_Chagos_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_-_Chagos-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while officially 116 countries including the Seychelles against only 6 countries including the United States voted in favor of a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution" title="United Nations General Assembly resolution">United Nations General Assembly resolution</a> dated 24 May 2019 which called upon the UK to withdraw its colonial administration from the Chagos Archipelago unconditionally to enable Mauritius to complete the decolonization of its territory as rapidly as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-Resolution_A/RES/73/295_Vote_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resolution_A/RES/73/295_Vote-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Resolution_A/RES/73/295_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resolution_A/RES/73/295-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kashmir">Kashmir</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Kashmir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maps depicting Kashmir have the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani border">Indo-Pakistani border</a> drawn at the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a>, but the region of <a href="/wiki/Aksai_Chin" title="Aksai Chin">Kashmir administered by China</a> drawn in hash marks.<sup id="cite_ref-chmap_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chmap-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Northern Cyprus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>, which the U.S. considers part of the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a>, is not given a separate entry because "territorial occupations/annexations not recognized by the United States Government are not shown on U.S. Government maps."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan/Republic_of_China"><span id="Taiwan.2FRepublic_of_China"></span>Taiwan/Republic of China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Taiwan/Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan" title="Political status of Taiwan">Political status of Taiwan</a></div> <p>The name "Republic of China" is not listed as <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>'s official name under the "Government" section,<sup id="cite_ref-jjwyiz_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jjwyiz-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to U.S. acknowledgement of Beijing's <a href="/wiki/One-China_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="One-China policy">One-China policy</a> according to which there is one China and Taiwan is a part of it.<sup id="cite_ref-roceu_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roceu-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Republic of China" was briefly added on January 27, 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has since been changed back to "none".<sup id="cite_ref-jjwyiz_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jjwyiz-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the <i>Factbook</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s two maps of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, one highlights the <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Island of Taiwan">island of Taiwan</a> as part of the country<sup id="cite_ref-chmap_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chmap-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the other does not.<sup id="cite_ref-Chinapage_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chinapage-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Disputed_South_China_Sea_Islands">Disputed South China Sea Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Disputed South China Sea Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Paracel_Islands" title="Paracel Islands">Paracel Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>, subjects of territorial disputes, have entries in the <i>Factbook</i> where they are not listed as the territory of any one nation. The disputed claims to the islands are discussed in the entries.<sup id="cite_ref-Factbook-Paracel_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Factbook-Paracel-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Factbook-Spratley_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Factbook-Spratley-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Burma/Myanmar"><span id="Burma.2FMyanmar"></span>Burma/Myanmar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Burma/Myanmar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. does not recognize the renaming of <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a> by its <a href="/wiki/State_Peace_and_Development_Council" title="State Peace and Development Council">ruling military junta</a> to <i>Myanmar</i> and thus keeps its entry for the country under the <i>Burma</i> name.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Macedonia">North Macedonia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: North Macedonia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The country was first entered as <i>Macedonia</i> in the <i>Factbook</i> upon independence in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-yugo_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yugo-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1994 edition, the name of the entry was changed to the <i>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</i>, as it is recognised by the United Nations (pending resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next decade, this was the name the nation was listed under. In the 2004 edition of the <i>Factbook</i>, the name of the entry was changed back to <i>Macedonia</i>, following a November 2004 U.S. decision to refer to the country using this name.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 19, 2019, the entry was renamed to <i>North Macedonia</i> following the country's name change to the <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">Republic of North Macedonia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_Union">European Union</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 16, 2004, the CIA added an entry for the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-noEU_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noEU-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "What's New" section of the 2005 <i>Factbook</i> states: "The European Union continues to accrue <a href="/wiki/European_integration" title="European integration">more nation-like characteristics</a> for itself and so a separate listing was deemed appropriate."<sup id="cite_ref-roceu_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roceu-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_Pacific_Island_Wildlife_Refuges_and_Iles_Eparses">United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Iles Eparses</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Iles Eparses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2006 edition of <i>The World Factbook</i>, the entries for <a href="/wiki/Baker_Island" title="Baker Island">Baker Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howland_Island" title="Howland Island">Howland Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">Palmyra Atoll</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Islands</a> were merged into a new <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Island_Wildlife_Refuges" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges">United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges</a> entry.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old entries for each individual insular area remain as redirects on the <i>Factbook</i> website.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 7, 2006, the CIA also merged the entries for <a href="/wiki/Bassas_da_India" title="Bassas da India">Bassas da India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europa_Island" title="Europa Island">Europa Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Glorioso_Islands" title="Glorioso Islands">Glorioso Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Nova_Island" title="Juan de Nova Island">Juan de Nova Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tromelin_Island" title="Tromelin Island">Tromelin Island</a> into a new <a href="/wiki/Iles_Eparses" class="mw-redirect" title="Iles Eparses">Iles Eparses</a> entry.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with the new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry, the old entries for these five islands remained as redirects on the website.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 19, 2007, the Iles Eparses entry and redirects for each island were dropped due to the group becoming a district of the <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> in February.<sup id="cite_ref-taaf_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taaf-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Serbia_and_Montenegro/Yugoslavia"><span id="Serbia_and_Montenegro.2FYugoslavia"></span>Serbia and Montenegro/Yugoslavia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Serbia and Montenegro/Yugoslavia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> (SFRY) broke apart in 1991. The following year, it was replaced in the <i>Factbook</i> with entries for each of its former constituent republics.<sup id="cite_ref-yugo_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yugo-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In doing this, the CIA listed the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> (FRY), proclaimed in 1992, as <i>Serbia and Montenegro</i>, as the U.S. did not recognize the union between the two republics.<sup id="cite_ref-FRY2_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRY2-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done in accordance with a May 21, 1992, decision by the U.S. not to recognize any of the former Yugoslav republics<sup id="cite_ref-FRY_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRY-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-law_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as <a href="/wiki/Successor_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor state">successor states</a> to the recently dissolved SFRY. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FRYugoMap2k.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/FRYugoMap2k.jpg/190px-FRYugoMap2k.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/FRYugoMap2k.jpg/285px-FRYugoMap2k.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/FRYugoMap2k.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="378" /></a><figcaption>A map of <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Serbia and Montenegro</a> from the 2000 edition of <i>The World Factbook</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notice how the disclaimer is printed in the upper right hand corner. One can see how the capital cities of both republics are individually labeled on the map.</figcaption></figure> <p>These views were made clear in a disclaimer printed in the <i>Factbook</i>: "Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been recognized as a state by the United States."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Montenegro and Serbia were treated separately in the <i>Factbook</i> data, as can be seen on the map.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2000, <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milošević</a> was <a href="/wiki/5th_October_(Serbia)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th October (Serbia)">forced out of office</a> after a disputed election.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This event led to democratic elections and U.S. diplomatic recognition. The 2001 edition of the <i>Factbook</i> thus referred to the state as <i>Yugoslavia</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 14, 2002, an agreement was signed to transform the FRY into a loose state union called <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it took effect on February 4, 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the Yugoslavia entity was altered in the <i>Factbook</i> the month after the change.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kosovo">Kosovo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Kosovo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 28, 2008, the CIA added an entry for <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, which <a href="/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence">declared independence</a> on February 17 of the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before this, Kosovo was excluded in the <i>Factbook</i> as it is <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo dispute">the subject of a territorial dispute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-notin_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notin-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="East_Timor/Timor-Leste"><span id="East_Timor.2FTimor-Leste"></span>East Timor/Timor-Leste</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: East Timor/Timor-Leste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 19, 2007, the entry for <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> was renamed <i>Timor-Leste</i> following a decision of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names" title="United States Board on Geographic Names">United States Board on Geographic Names</a> (BGN).<sup id="cite_ref-bgn_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgn-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Factual">Factual</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Factbook&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Factual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2009, <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> (NPR), relying on information obtained from <i>The World Factbook</i>, put the number of Israeli Jews living in settlements in the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> and Israeli-annexed <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a> at 250,000. However, a better estimate, based on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">State Department</a> and Israeli sources put the figure at about 500,000. NPR then issued a correction. Chuck Holmes, foreign editor for NPR Digital, said, "I'm surprised and displeased, and it makes me wonder what other information is out-of-date or incorrect in the CIA <i>World Factbook</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The factbook currently states that only four percent of Botswana are practitioners of the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Badimo" title="Badimo">Badimo</a> religion,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in reality a great majority of Botswana follow at least some of the traditions deemed <i>Badimo.</i><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scholars have acknowledged that some entries in the <i>Factbook</i> are out of date.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The inclusion of the metric countries.</b> </p><p>The government's own <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> contradicts the CIA factbook website, stating that three countries have "not adopted" the metric system is incorrect.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time a better term would be have been "not committed", however this is not the case anymore as of 2023 all countries listed are committed to adopting the metric system including the US.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup 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In addition, tens of thousands of government, commercial, academic, and other Web sites link to or replicate the online version of the Factbook. * * * Included among the 271 geographic entries is one for the "World", which incorporates data and other information summarized where possible from the other 270 country listings.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CIA+World+Factbook+2006+Now+Available&rft.pub=Central+Intelligence+Agency&rft.date=2006-04-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fnews-information%2Fpress-releases-statements%2Fpress-release-archive-2006%2Fpr04052006.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pd-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pd_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pd_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pd_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/faqs/#general">"The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)"</a>. CIA. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230111164511/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/faqs/#general">Archived</a> from the original on January 11, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+-+Frequently+Asked+Questions+%28FAQs%29&rft.pub=CIA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fabout%2Ffaqs%2F%23general&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cci-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cci_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cci_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/copyright-and-contributors/">"About The World Factbook—Copyright and Contributors"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211230131611/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/copyright-and-contributors/">Archived</a> from the original on December 30, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 30,</span> 2021</span>. <q><i>The World Factbook</i> is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information is provided by other public and private sources. The <i>Factbook</i> is in the public domain. Accordingly, it may be copied freely without permission of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+The+World+Factbook%E2%80%94Copyright+and+Contributors&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fabout%2Fcopyright-and-contributors%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-faqs-u2d-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-faqs-u2d_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faqs-u2d_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612214339/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/faqs.html">"The World Factbook – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): How often is The World Factbook updated?"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/faqs.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Formerly our Web site (and the published Factbook) were only updated annually. Beginning in November 2001 we instituted a new system of more frequent online updates. The World Factbook is currently updated every two weeks.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Frequently+Asked+Questions+%28FAQs%29%3A+How+often+is+The+World+Factbook+updated%3F&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Ffaqs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weekly-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weekly_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2010" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (November 24, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514231843/https://www.cia.gov/library/world-factbook-updates-november-24-2010.html">"World Factbook Updates – October 22, 2010"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/world-factbook-updates-november-24-2010.html">the original</a> on May 14, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 1,</span> 2010</span>. <q>Since 2004, The World Factbook website has been updated on a bi-weekly schedule. Culminating a three-month trial effort, we are pleased to announce that the Factbook will now be updated on a weekly basis.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World+Factbook+Updates+%E2%80%93+October+22%2C+2010&rft.date=2010-11-24&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fworld-factbook-updates-november-24-2010.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612212505/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html">"The World Factbook – Notes and Definitions: Date of information"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>. <q>In general, information available as of 1 January 2007 was used in the preparation of this edition.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Notes+and+Definitions%3A+Date+of+information&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Fnotesanddefs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WBFhistory-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WBFhistory_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WBFhistory_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612194809/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/history.html">"The World Factbook – History"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/history.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 3,</span> 2007</span>. <q>The first classified Factbook was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version was published in June 1971.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+History&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Fhistory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-printgpo-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-printgpo_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2009" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (June 8, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612194809/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/history.html">"CIA – The World Factbook – About :: History: 2008"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/history.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 8,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Printing of the Factbook turned over to the Government Printing Office.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CIA+%E2%80%93+The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+About+%3A%3A+History%3A+2008&rft.date=2009-06-08&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Fhistory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-noprint-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-noprint_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2008" class="citation book cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5lc9jxSKfuEC&q=world%20factbook&pg=PP2"><i>CIA – The World Factbook 2008: Purchasing Information</i></a>. Government Printing Office. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780160873614" title="Special:BookSources/9780160873614"><bdi>9780160873614</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210427071729/https://books.google.com/books?id=5lc9jxSKfuEC&q=world%20factbook&pg=PP2">Archived</a> from the original on April 27, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 19,</span> 2015</span>. <q>The Government Printing Office has assumed production of The World Factbook print edition. The CIA has decided to focus Factbook resources exclusively on the World Wide Web online edition...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=CIA+%E2%80%93+The+World+Factbook+2008%3A+Purchasing+Information&rft.pub=Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9780160873614&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5lc9jxSKfuEC%26q%3Dworld%2520factbook%26pg%3DPP2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Miller, Jill Young. "CIA puts data on the internet." <i>Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel</i> 12 December 1994.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCentral_Intelligence_Agency" class="citation web cs1">Central Intelligence Agency. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/">"The World Factbook Archives - The World Factbook"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210605141839/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/">Archived</a> from the original on June 5, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 5,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+Archives+-+The+World+Factbook&rft.au=Central+Intelligence+Agency&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fabout%2Farchives%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-buy-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-buy_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612211848/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/purchase_info.html">"The World Factbook – Purchasing Information"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/purchase_info.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>. <q>Other users may obtain sales information about printed copies from the following: Superintendent of Documents...National Technical Information Service</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Purchasing+Information&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Fpurchase_info.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence1999" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211222123438/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/11.htm">"The World Factbook 1999 – Purchasing Information (mirror)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/11.htm">the original</a> on December 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 24,</span> 2006</span>. <q>The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prepares The World Factbook in printed, CD-ROM, and Internet versions.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+1999+%E2%80%93+Purchasing+Information+%28mirror%29&rft.date=1999&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umsl.edu%2Fservices%2Fgovdocs%2Fwofact99%2F11.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wfbems-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wfbems_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wfbems_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wfbems_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence1995" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120317101742/http://www.ems.psu.edu/~williams/states/pubinfo.htm">"Publication Information for The World Factbook 1995 (mirror)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ems.psu.edu/~williams/states/pubinfo.htm">the original</a> on March 17, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 24,</span> 2006</span>. <q>This publication is also available in microfiche, magnetic tape, or computer diskettes.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Publication+Information+for+The+World+Factbook+1995+%28mirror%29&rft.date=1995&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ems.psu.edu%2F~williams%2Fstates%2Fpubinfo.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070612214339/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/faqs.html">"The World Factbook – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): I am using the Factbook online and it is not working. What is wrong?"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/faqs.html">the original</a> on June 12, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 24,</span> 2006</span>. <q>Hundreds of "Factbook" look-alikes exist on the Internet. The Factbook site at: www.cia.gov is the only official site.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Frequently+Asked+Questions+%28FAQs%29%3A+I+am+using+the+Factbook+online+and+it+is+not+working.+What+is+wrong%3F&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fdocs%2Ffaqs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTexas_A&M_University_Libraries" class="citation web cs1">Texas A&M University Libraries. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011234640/http://library.tamu.edu/portal/site/Library/menuitem.95e060d328c5ba7869e19cf419008a0c/?vgnextoid=b6e4124698f60110VgnVCM1000007800a8c0RCRD">"Introduction to Comparative Politics POLS 329"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>. <q>Greece has protested strongly at a decision by the US to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) simply as "Macedonia".</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=US+snubs+Greece+over+Macedonia&rft.date=2004-11-04&rft.au=Staff+reporter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F3981499.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2006" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (September 19, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/north-macedonia/">"The World Factbook – Macedonia"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024841/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/north-macedonia/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Macedonia&rft.date=2006-09-19&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Fnorth-macedonia%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2006" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (September 19, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/european-union/">"The World Factbook – European Union"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210122190105/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/european-union/">Archived</a> from the original on January 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+European+Union&rft.date=2006-09-19&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Feuropean-union%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-noEU-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-noEU_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211222123435/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/docs/faqs.html">"The World Factbook – Why doesn't The World Factbook include information on states, departments, provinces, the European Union, etc., in the country format? (mirror)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/docs/faqs.html">the original</a> on December 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 2,</span> 2007</span>. <q>The World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, but not on subnational administrative units within a country or supranational entities like the European Union.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Why+doesn%27t+The+World+Factbook+include+information+on+states%2C+departments%2C+provinces%2C+the+European+Union%2C+etc.%2C+in+the+country+format%3F+%28mirror%29&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umsl.edu%2Fservices%2Fgovdocs%2Fwofact2003%2Fdocs%2Ffaqs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2006" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (September 19, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states-pacific-island-wildlife-refuges/">"The World Factbook – United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220408014336/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states-pacific-island-wildlife-refuges/">Archived</a> from the original on April 8, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+United+States+Pacific+Island+Wildlife+Refuges&rft.date=2006-09-19&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Funited-states-pacific-island-wildlife-refuges%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060407074318/http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kq.html">profile</a> for Kingman Reef.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2006" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (September 19, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091424/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2007/geos/zz.html">"The World Factbook – Iles Eparses (mirror)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2007/geos/zz.html">the original</a> on June 6, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 10,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook+%E2%80%93+Iles+Eparses+%28mirror%29&rft.date=2006-09-19&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umsl.edu%2Fservices%2Fgovdocs%2Fwofact2007%2Fgeos%2Fzz.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2007/geos/ju.html">profile</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220126102418/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2007/geos/ju.html">Archived</a> 2022-01-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> for Juan de Nova Island (mirror).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-taaf-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-taaf_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2007" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (July 19, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070607060922/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html">"CIA – The World Factbook 2007: What's New"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html">the original</a> on June 7, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2007</span>. <q>The five former entities of Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island, previously grouped as Iles Eparses (Scattered Islands), now constitute a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CIA+%E2%80%93+The+World+Factbook+2007%3A+What%27s+New&rft.date=2007-07-19&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FRY2-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FRY2_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDepartment_of_State1999" class="citation web cs1">Department of State (August 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/s/12685.htm">"Serbia and Montenegro (08/99) (See Yugoslavia)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200614084919/https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/s/12685.htm">Archived</a> from the original on June 14, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 3,</span> 2007</span>. <q>(Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been recognized as a state by the United States.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Serbia+and+Montenegro+%2808%2F99%29+%28See+Yugoslavia%29&rft.date=1999-08&rft.au=Department+of+State&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2F2001-2009.state.gov%2Foutofdate%2Fbgn%2Fs%2F12685.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence1992" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211222123430/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact92/wf930216.txt">"1992 CIA World Factbook: Serbia and Montenegro (mirror)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact92/wf930216.txt">the original</a> on December 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 29,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1992+CIA+World+Factbook%3A+Serbia+and+Montenegro+%28mirror%29&rft.date=1992&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umsl.edu%2Fservices%2Fgovdocs%2Fwofact92%2Fwf930216.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FRY-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FRY_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDepartment_of_State" class="citation web cs1">Department of State. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.state.gov/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia/recognition">"A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200422221019/https://history.state.gov/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia/recognition">Archived</a> from the original on April 22, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 29,</span> 2019</span>. <q>On May 21, 1992, the U.S. announced that it would not recognize the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) as a successor state of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). The FRY was composed of the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Guide+to+the+United+States%27+History+of+Recognition%2C+Diplomatic%2C+and+Consular+Relations%2C+by+Country%2C+since+1776%3A+Kingdom+of+Serbia%2FYugoslavia&rft.au=Department+of+State&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.state.gov%2Fcountries%2Fkingdom-of-yugoslavia%2Frecognition&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-law-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-law_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite,_Mary_Jo2000" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_White" title="Mary Jo White">White, Mary Jo</a> (January 31, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/6649.doc">"767 Third Avenue Associates v. United States: Brief For Amicus Curiae United States of America Supporting Appellees and Supporting Affirmance in Part and Reversal in Part"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(MS Word)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200614095714/https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/6649.doc">Archived</a> from the original on June 14, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 17,</span> 2010</span>. <q>Since 1992, the United States has taken the position that the SFRY has ceased to exist, that there is no state representing the continuation of the SFRY, and that five successors have arisen—the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ("FRY(S&M)"), the Republic of Slovenia ("Slovenia"), the Republic of Croatia ("Croatia"), the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina ("Bosnia-Herzegovina"), and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ("FYROM")</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=767+Third+Avenue+Associates+v.+United+States%3A+Brief+For+Amicus+Curiae+United+States+of+America+Supporting+Appellees+and+Supporting+Affirmance+in+Part+and+Reversal+in+Part&rft.date=2000-01-31&rft.au=White%2C+Mary+Jo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2F2009-2017.state.gov%2Fdocuments%2Forganization%2F6649.doc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence2000" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia00/serbia_montenegro_sm00.jpg">"CIA World Factbook 2000 – Country Maps (mirror)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CIA+World+Factbook+2000+%E2%80%93+Country+Maps+%28mirror%29&rft.date=2000&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fcia00%2Fserbia_montenegro_sm00.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDirectorate_of_Intelligence1999" class="citation web cs1">Directorate of Intelligence (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19991109042835/http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/sr.html#intro">"CIA – The World Factbook 1999 – Serbia and Montenegro"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/sr.html#intro">the original</a> on November 9, 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 17,</span> 2010</span>. <q>Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US. The US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CIA+%E2%80%93+The+World+Factbook+1999+%E2%80%93+Serbia+and+Montenegro&rft.date=1999&rft.au=Directorate+of+Intelligence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fcia%2Fpublications%2Ffactbook%2Fsr.html%23intro&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Factbook" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For an example, see the profile for the FRY in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19991109042835/http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/sr.html">1999 World Factbook</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_reporter2000" class="citation news cs1">Staff reporter (October 7, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060922181312/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/yugoslavia/story/overview/">"Kostunica sworn in as president of Yugoslavia"</a>. CNN. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/yugoslavia/story/overview/">the original</a> on September 22, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="http://www.theodora.com/wfb">Countries of the World – 36 years of the <i>CIA World Factbook</i></a>: (1982–2019)</li> <li>Previous editions of <i>The World Factbook</i> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93St._Louis" title="University of Missouri–St. Louis">University of Missouri–St. Louis</a> archive:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact92/index.html">1992</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080611065638/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact92/index.html">Archived</a> June 11, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact93/index.html">1993</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080705202935/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact93/index.html">Archived</a> July 5, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact94/index.html">1994</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080709010349/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact94/index.html">Archived</a> July 9, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact95/index.html">1995</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080620021514/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact95/index.html">Archived</a> June 20, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact96/index.html">1996</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081001000410/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact96/index.html">Archived</a> October 1, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact97/index.html">1997</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719162227/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact97/index.html">Archived</a> July 19, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact98/index.html">1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081001000420/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact98/index.html">Archived</a> October 1, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080526104901/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2002/index.html">Archived</a> May 26, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/index.html">2003</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080615214416/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/index.html">Archived</a> June 15, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2004/index.html">2004</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080615214426/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2004/index.html">Archived</a> June 15, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080612084300/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2007/index.html">Archived</a> June 12, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2008/index.html">2008</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120805191139/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2008/index.html">Archived</a> August 5, 2012, at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511092520/http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35389/1991/world91b.txt">1991 <i>CIA World Factbook</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511092539/http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35389/1990/world12.txt">1990 <i>CIA World Factbook</i></a></li> <li><a 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