The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Oceania
Country name Australia, in 35 editions.
The entry for Australia published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form:
Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form:
Australia
The entry for Australia did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia
The same text in 4 editions, 1997 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia conventional short form: Australia
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
The same text in 7 editions, 2002 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
conventional long form:
Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form:
Australia
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
note: the name Australia is derived from the Latin "australis" meaning southern; the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis" or the Southern Land
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia
note: the name Australia is derived from the Latin "australis" meaning southern; the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis" or the Southern Land
The same text in 9 editions, 2016 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
- etymology:
- the name Australia derives from the Latin "australis" meaning "southern";
- the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis" or the Southern Land
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australianote: etymology: the name Australia is derived derives from the Latin "australis" meaning southern; "southern"; the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis" or the Southern Land
- conventional long form:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- conventional short form:
- Australia
- etymology:
- the name Australia derives from the Latin australis meaning "southern;" the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis," or the Southern Land
conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional short form: Australia
etymology: the name Australia derives from the Latin "australis" australis meaning "southern"; "southern;" the Australian landmass was long referred to as "Terra Australis" Australis," or the Southern Land
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Australia: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/australia/country-name.