The World Factbook

The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 265 world entities.

Travel the globe with CIA’s World Factbook.

What's New

We have another set of data updates this week, this time for airports and heliports. The information is also available on the individual country pages; please note that the data for France and the Netherlands includes their overseas dependencies, which do not have separate data available.

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World Travel Facts

Travel more intelligently with The World Factbook Travel Facts. Here’s what you should know about each country before you go.

Country Factsheets

Pressed for time? Check out our factsheets for essential information on each country.

Flags of the World

Every flag has a story. View flags of all the world’s countries and territories to learn the symbolism behind each design.

Country Comparisons

Love data? The World Factbook has over 50 rank order pages that compare country data in specific fields.

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