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The World Factbook

reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (1962–2026)
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The World Factbook
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The World Factbook is a series of creative works[1][2].

The World Factbook has one reference to its type[1][2].

Key Facts

  • Author: Central Intelligence Agency[3]
  • Instance of: annual publication[4], scientific journal[5]
  • Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency[6], United States Government Publishing Office[7]
  • Genre: reference work[8]
  • Place of publication: Washington, D.C.[9]
  • Commons category: World Factbook[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Has part(s): The World Factbook 1981[13], The World Factbook 1982[14], The World Factbook Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three[15], The World Factbook Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four[16], The World Factbook Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five[17], The World Factbook Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Six[18], The World Factbook 1987[19], The World Factbook 1988[20], The World Factbook 1989[21], The World Factbook 1990[22], The World Factbook 2004[23]
  • Publication date: 1962[24]
  • Official website: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/[25], https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS35389[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:World Factbook[27]
  • Main subject: geography[28], human population[29], economic history[30]
  • Commons gallery: CIA World Factbook[31]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/[32], https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=world+factbook+&submit_search=Go%21[33], http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS35389[34], https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000532922[35]
  • Described at URL: https://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b1173881~S7[36], https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99414740812205899[37], https://primo.lib.umn.edu/permalink/f/11uk8fo/UMN_ALMA21372251560001701[38], https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/990005329220106381[39]
  • Described by source: Reference Reviews[40]
  • Title: The World Factbook[41]
  • Main Wikidata property: P9948[42]
  • Short name: World Factbook[43]
  • Different from: Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency[44]
  • Author name string: National Foreign Assessment Center[45]
  • Has list: list of entities and changes in The World Factbook[46]
  • Discontinuation date: February 2026[47]
  • URL: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia_country.html[48]

Why It Matters

The World Factbook has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Online Books Page. Retrieved . discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . cia.gov. Retrieved . cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . purl.access.gpo.gov. Retrieved . purl.access.gpo.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Online Books Page. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . National Collective Archive of Periodicals. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Online Books Page. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Online Books Page. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . apnews.com. Retrieved . apnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Copyright status → public domain
    Described by source → Reference Reviews
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