List of entities and changes in The World Factbook

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This is a list of entities and changes in The World Factbook. The World Factbook is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

As of July 2011, The World Factbook consists of 267 entities.[1] These entities can be divided into categories.[2] These categories are:

  • Independent countries
  • Others
  • Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other entities

After the list of entities, there is a table that lists entities that have been dropped, added, renamed, or consolidated in The World Factbook.

List of entities

The list of entities follows below. The names and flags of entities are as listed in the Factbook and may differ from other sources.

Independent countries

This is a list of independent countries. The CIA defines an independent country as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory".[2] In this category, there are 195 entities:

Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity
Template:Flagicon Afghanistan Template:Flagicon Albania Template:Flagicon Algeria Template:Flagicon Andorra
Template:Flagicon Angola Template:Flagicon Antigua and
Barbuda 		Template:Flagicon Argentina Template:Flagicon Armenia
Template:Flagicon Australia Template:Flagicon Austria Template:Flagicon Azerbaijan Template:Flagicon Bahamas, The
Template:Flagicon Bahrain Template:Flagicon Bangladesh Template:Flagicon Barbados Template:Flagicon Belarus
Template:Flagicon Belgium Template:Flagicon Belize Template:Flagicon Benin Template:Flagicon Bhutan
Template:Flagicon Bolivia Template:Flagicon Bosnia
and Herzegovina 		Template:Flagicon Botswana Template:Flagicon Brazil
Template:Flagicon Brunei Template:Flagicon Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Burkina Faso Template:Flagicon Burma
Template:Flagicon Burundi Template:Flagicon Cabo Verde Template:Flagicon Cambodia Template:Flagicon Cameroon
Template:Flagicon Canada Template:Flagicon Central African
Republic 		Template:Flagicon Chad Template:Flagicon Chile
Template:Flagicon China Template:Flagicon Colombia Template:Flagicon Comoros Template:Flagicon Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
Template:Flagicon Congo, Republic
of the 		Template:Flagicon Costa Rica Template:Flagicon [[Ivory Coast|Template:Not a typo d'Ivoire]] Template:Flagicon Croatia
Template:Flagicon Cuba Template:Flagicon Cyprus Template:Flagicon Czech Republic Template:Flagicon Denmark
Template:Flagicon Djibouti Template:Flagicon Dominica Template:Flagicon Dominican
Republic 		Template:Flagicon Ecuador
Template:Flagicon Egypt Template:Flagicon El Salvador Template:Flagicon Equatorial Guinea Template:Flagicon Eritrea
Template:Flagicon Estonia Template:Flagicon Eswatini Template:Flagicon Ethiopia Template:Flagicon Fiji
Template:Flagicon Finland Template:Flagicon France Template:Flagicon Gabon Template:Flagicon Gambia, The
Template:Flagicon Georgia Template:Flagicon Germany Template:Flagicon Ghana Template:Flagicon Greece
Template:Flagicon Grenada Template:Flagicon Guatemala Template:Flagicon Guinea Template:Flagicon Guinea-Bissau
Template:Flagicon Guyana Template:Flagicon Haiti Template:Flagicon Holy See (Vatican City) Template:Flagicon Honduras
Template:Flagicon Hungary Template:Flagicon Iceland Template:Flagicon India Template:Flagicon Indonesia
Template:Flagicon Iran Template:Flagicon Iraq Template:Flagicon Ireland Template:Flagicon Israel
Template:Flagicon Italy Template:Flagicon Jamaica Template:Flagicon Japan Template:Flagicon Jordan
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Template:Flagicon Kenya Template:Flagicon Kiribati Template:Flagicon Korea, North
Template:Flagicon Korea, South Template:Flagicon Kosovo Template:Flagicon Kuwait Template:Flagicon Kyrgyzstan
Template:Flagicon Laos Template:Flagicon Latvia Template:Flagicon Lebanon Template:Flagicon Lesotho
Template:Flagicon Liberia Template:Flagicon Libya Template:Flagicon Liechtenstein Template:Flagicon Lithuania
Template:Flagicon Luxembourg Template:Flagicon Madagascar Template:Flagicon Malawi Template:Flagicon Malaysia
Template:Flagicon Maldives Template:Flagicon Mali Template:Flagicon Malta Template:Flagicon Marshall Islands
Template:Flagicon Mauritania Template:Flagicon Mauritius Template:Flagicon Mexico Template:Flagicon Micronesia, Federated
States of
Template:Flagicon Moldova Template:Flagicon Monaco Template:Flagicon Mongolia Template:Flagicon Montenegro
Template:Flagicon Morocco Template:Flagicon Mozambique Template:Flagicon Namibia Template:Flagicon Nauru
Template:Flagicon Nepal Template:Flagicon Netherlands Template:Flagicon New Zealand Template:Flagicon Nicaragua
Template:Flagicon Niger Template:Flagicon Nigeria Template:Flagicon North Macedonia Template:Flagicon Norway
Template:Flagicon Oman Template:Flagicon Pakistan Template:Flagicon Palau Template:Flagicon Panama
Template:Flagicon Papua New
Guinea 		Template:Flagicon Paraguay Template:Flagicon Peru Template:Flagicon Philippines
Template:Flagicon Poland Template:Flagicon Portugal Template:Flagicon Qatar Template:Flagicon Romania
Template:Flagicon Russia Template:Flagicon Rwanda Template:Flagicon Saint Kitts
and Nevis 		Template:Flagicon Saint Lucia
Template:Flagicon Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines 		Template:Flagicon Samoa Template:Flagicon San Marino Template:Flagicon Sao Tome
and Principe
Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia Template:Flagicon Senegal Template:Flagicon Serbia Template:Flagicon Seychelles
Template:Flagicon Sierra Leone Template:Flagicon Singapore Template:Flagicon Slovakia Template:Flagicon Slovenia
Template:Flagicon Solomon Islands Template:Flagicon Somalia Template:Flagicon South Africa Template:Flagicon South Sudan
Template:Flagicon Spain Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka Template:Flagicon Sudan Template:Flagicon Suriname
Template:Flagicon Sweden Template:Flagicon Switzerland Template:Flagicon Syria Template:Flagicon Tajikistan
Template:Flagicon Tanzania Template:Flagicon Thailand Template:Flagicon Timor-Leste Template:Flagicon Togo
Template:Flagicon Tonga Template:Flagicon Trinidad and
Tobago 		Template:Flagicon Tunisia Template:Flagicon Turkey
Template:Flagicon Turkmenistan Template:Flagicon Tuvalu Template:Flagicon Uganda Template:Flagicon Ukraine
Template:Flagicon United
Arab Emirates 		Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Template:Flagicon United States Template:Flagicon Uruguay
Template:Flagicon Uzbekistan Template:Flagicon Vanuatu Template:Flagicon Venezuela Template:Flagicon Vietnam
Template:Flagicon Yemen Template:Flagicon Zambia Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe

Others

This is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. There are two entities in this category:

Flag of entity Name of entity
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Taiwan
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		European Union

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

This category is a list of places affiliated with another country. They may be subdivided into categories using the country they are affiliated with:

Flag of entity Name of entity
Australia: six entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Christmas Island
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Norfolk Island
China: two entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Hong Kong
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Macau
Denmark: two entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Faroe Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Greenland
France: eight entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Clipperton Island
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
New Caledonia
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Martin
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		French Polynesia
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Wallis and Futuna
Netherlands: three entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Aruba
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		[[Curaçao|Template:Not a typo]]
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Sint Maarten
New Zealand: three entities
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Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Cook Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Niue
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tokelau
Norway: three entities
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Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bouvet Island
Jan Mayen
Svalbard
United Kingdom: 17 entities
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Akrotiri
Dhekelia
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Anguilla
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bermuda
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		British Indian Ocean Territory
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		British Virgin Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Cayman Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Falkland Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Gibraltar
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Guernsey
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Jersey
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Isle of Man
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Montserrat
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Pitcairn Islands
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Saint Helena, Ascension,
and Tristan da Cunha
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Turks and Caicos Islands
United States: 14 entities
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Template:Flagicon
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Howland Island<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Jarvis Island<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Johnston Atoll<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Kingman Reef<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Midway Islands<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Navassa Island
Palmyra Atoll<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]
Wake Island
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		American Samoa
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Guam
Template:Flagicon
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Northern Mariana Islands
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Puerto Rico
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Virgin Islands

Miscellaneous

This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are five entities here:

Other entities

This category is for the World and the oceans. There are five oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other entries [3]) :

Changes in The World Factbook

This table lists changes in the entities in the Factbook. Entities that have been added are in green; dropped entities are in red; the flag last used by the entity is shown as well. Entities that have changed their name are in blue; entities that have been redirected and consolidated into another entry are in purple.

Name of entity Date change was made Comments Reference
Antarctica 1988 one of more than 40 entities added to the Factbook in order to provide a complete picture of the world [4]
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
World
Soviet Union 1992 dropped [5]
Yugoslavia
Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone
Armenia replaced the Soviet Union in the Factbook
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Bosnia and Hercegovina replaced Yugoslavia in the Factbook
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C]
Slovenia
Czechoslovakia 1993 dropped after the country splits into the Czech Republic and Slovakia [6]
Czech Republic added after Czechoslovakia splits
Slovakia
Eritrea added upon independence from Ethiopia
Vatican City renamed Holy See (Vatican City)
Ivory Coast renamed Template:Not a typo d'Ivoire
Macedonia 1994 renamed The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [7]
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) 1995 renamed Palau [8]
Kazakhstan 1996 renamed Template:Not a typo; spelling changed [9]
Burkina renamed Burkina Faso
Corsica added
Zaire 1997 renamed Congo, Democratic Republic of the [10]
Congo renamed Congo, Republic of the
Corsica dropped [11]
Western Samoa 1998 renamed Samoa [12]
Template:Not a typo renamed Kazakhstan; spelling change
Wake Island 1999 renamed Wake Atoll [13]
Wake Atoll 2000 renamed Wake Island [14]
Southern Ocean added
Serbia and Montenegro 2001 renamed Yugoslavia [15]
East Timor January 1, 2002 added [16]
Yugoslavia March 19, 2003 renamed Serbia and Montenegro [17]
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of November 30, 2004 renamed Macedonia after a November 2004 decision [18] to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as such [19]
Akrotiri added because both Akrotiri and Dhekelia are dependencies and not lease areas[20] [21]
Dhekelia [22]
European Union December 16, 2004 added due to the fact the European Union has nation like qualities[20] [23]
Man, Isle of January 10, 2006 renamed Isle of Man [24]
Baker Island March 29, 2006 redirected and consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry[25] [26]
Howland Island [27]
Jarvis Island [28]
Johnston Atoll [29]
Kingman Reef [30]
Midway Islands [31]
Palmyra Atoll [32]
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges a consolidation of the entries for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, and Palmyra Atoll[25] [33]
Serbia and Montenegro June 13, 2006 dropped due to independence of Montenegro[34] [35]
Serbia June 29, 2006 added due to independence of Montenegro[34] [36]
Montenegro [37]
Bassas da India September 7, 2006 consolidated in Iles Eparses entry[38] [39]
Europa Island [40]
Glorioso Islands [41]
Juan de Nova Island [42]
Tromelin Island [43]
Iles Eparses a consolidation of the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island[38] [44]
French Guiana January 18, 2007 dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper [45]
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Reunion
Saint Barthelemy July 19, 2007 added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France[46] [47]
Saint Martin [48]
Bassas da India dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands[46] [49]
Europa Island
Glorioso Islands
Juan de Nova Island
Tromelin Island
Iles Eparses
East Timor renamed Timor-Leste due to a decision of the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to use the latter instead of the former[46] [50]
Kosovo February 28, 2008 added[46] [51]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands September 1, 2009 renamed South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands [52]
Saint Helena January 15, 2010 renamed Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha [53]
Netherlands Antilles October 12, 2010 dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves.[54] [55]
Template:Not a typo October 20, 2010 added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves[54] [56]
Sint Maarten [57]
Mayotte April 8, 2011 dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper[58] [58]
South Sudan July 11, 2011 added following independence from Sudan[59] [60]
Cape Verde January 7, 2014 renamed Cabo Verde [61]
Swaziland May 25, 2018 renamed Eswatini [62][63]
Macedonia February 19, 2019 renamed North Macedonia [64][65]

Notes

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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>B These entities have been consolidated into the United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.[25]

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>C On April 27, 1992, Serbia and Montenegro, the final two republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), formed a new nation, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).[66][67] Until 2001, the U.S. Government did not recognize the FRY as a state.[68] The U.S. government also decided not to accept the FRY or any the other republics as a successor state to the SFRY.[69]

See also

References

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