Produced by Al Haines
THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2004
CONTENTS
Countries and Locations
Field Listings
Rank Orders
Appendixes
Notes and Definitions
History of The World Factbook
Contributors and Copyright Information
Purchasing Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What's New
- Country information has been updated as of 10 February, 2005.
- There have been some significant changes to the latest edition of TheWorld Factbook. Recent confirmation that the United Kingdom Governmentadministers the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprusas dependencies (and not as lease areas like the US Guantanamo BayNaval Station in Cuba) has required a changing of their status andtheir addition to the Factbook as new entities. In addition, theEuropean Union has been included as an "Other" entity at the end of thelisting. The European Union continues to accrue more nation-likecharacteristics for itself and so a separate listing was deemedappropriate. A fuller explanation may be found under the European UnionPreliminary statement.
- Along with the new entities and the regular information updates, TheWorld Factbook now also features five new fields. In the Economycategory, entries have been added for Current account balance,Investment (gross fixed), Public debt, and Reserves of foreign exchangeand gold. The Transnational issues category has a new Refugees andinternally displaced persons entry.
- Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the2001 edition, is continued in this edition. Several regional maps havealso been updated to reflect boundary changes and place name spellingchanges.
The World Factbook 2004 printed version provides a "snapshot" of theworld as of 1 January, 2004.
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Country Listing
[Transcriber's note: To search on a country name in this file, prefixthe name with "@", e.g. "@Afghanistan". "Afghanistan" will find alloccurrences; prefixing it with "@" will find the correct location.]
World
A
Afghanistan
Akrotiri
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Arctic Ocean
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
B
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Baker Island
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bassas da India
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Cent