Edition 1 of 36, the first in the archive
The 1990 edition. As published.
The 1990 edition of the CIA World Factbook, recovered from plain text. Each entry is listed under the name this edition gave it and opens as it was published.
- country entries
- 249
- fields of text
- 15,745
- regions
- 13
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By region
- World1 1 entry
- Africa61 61 entries
- Antarctic Region5 5 entries
- Arctic Region4 4 entries
- Asia14 14 entries
- Central America and the Caribbean32 32 entries
- Europe37 37 entries
- Middle East19 19 entries
- North America6 6 entries
- Oceania34 34 entries
- South America14 14 entries
- Southeast Asia18 18 entries
- Oceans4 4 entries
Fields in this edition
- Area 249
- Area - comparative 249
- Climate 249
- Coastline 249
- Economic overview 249
- Environment - current issues 249
- Terrain 249
- Natural resources 248
- Land use 245
- Maritime claims 245
- Population 245
- Country name 244
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 72 fields
- Albania, 71 fields
- Algeria, 70 fields
- American Samoa, 66 fields
- Andorra, 61 fields
- Angola, 72 fields
- Anguilla, 66 fields
- Antarctica, 21 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 71 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 12 fields
- Argentina, 72 fields
- Aruba, 61 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 24 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 12 fields
- Australia, 76 fields
- Austria, 72 fields
B
- Bahrain, 71 fields
- Baker Island, 23 fields
- Bangladesh, 74 fields
- Barbados, 69 fields
- Bassas da India, 21 fields
- Belgium, 73 fields
- Belize, 70 fields
- Benin, 69 fields
- Bermuda, 68 fields
- Bhutan, 67 fields
- Bolivia, 72 fields
- Botswana, 67 fields
- Bouvet Island, 21 fields
- Brazil, 75 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 26 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 64 fields
- Brunei, 72 fields
- Bulgaria, 74 fields
- Burkinanow Burkina Faso, 69 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 75 fields
- Burundi, 67 fields
C
- Cambodia, 68 fields
- Cameroon, 72 fields
- Canada, 74 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 67 fields
- Cayman Islands, 65 fields
- Central African Republic, 66 fields
- Chad, 68 fields
- Chile, 75 fields
- China, 71 fields
- Christmas Island, 62 fields
- Clipperton Island, 20 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 64 fields
- Colombia, 75 fields
- Comoros, 67 fields
- Congonow Republic of the Congo, 70 fields
- Cook Islands, 64 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 21 fields
- Costa Rica, 73 fields
- Cuba, 71 fields
- Cyprus, 71 fields
- Czechoslovakia, 73 fields
D
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G
- Gabon, 72 fields
- Gaza Strip, 52 fields
- German Democratic Republic, 73 fields
- Germany, Federal Republic ofnow Germany, 73 fields
- Ghana, 75 fields
- Gibraltar, 70 fields
- Glorioso Islands, 22 fields
- Greece, 72 fields
- Greenland, 67 fields
- Grenada, 67 fields
- Guadeloupe, 68 fields
- Guam, 66 fields
- Guatemala, 75 fields
- Guernsey, 63 fields
- Guinea, 69 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 68 fields
- Guyana, 71 fields
H
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M
- Macau, 67 fields
- Madagascar, 74 fields
- Malawi, 71 fields
- Malaysia, 74 fields
- Maldives, 69 fields
- Mali, 68 fields
- Malta, 70 fields
- Man, Isle ofnow Isle of Man, 66 fields
- Marshall Islands, 67 fields
- Martinique, 67 fields
- Mauritania, 72 fields
- Mauritius, 72 fields
- Mayotte, 65 fields
- Mexico, 74 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 64 fields
- Midway Islands, 25 fields
- Monaco, 65 fields
- Mongolia, 67 fields
- Montserrat, 63 fields
- Morocco, 74 fields
- Mozambique, 72 fields
N
- Namibia, 71 fields
- Nauru, 68 fields
- Nepal, 68 fields
- Netherlands, 73 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 67 fields
- New Caledonia, 65 fields
- New Zealand, 73 fields
- Nicaragua, 74 fields
- Niger, 67 fields
- Nigeria, 73 fields
- Niue, 63 fields
- Norfolk Island, 64 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 64 fields
- Norway, 75 fields
O
P
- Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of thenow Palau, 65 fields
- Pacific Ocean, 12 fields
- Pakistan, 74 fields
- Palmyra Atoll, 21 fields
- Panama, 70 fields
- Papua New Guinea, 71 fields
- Paracel Islands, 17 fields
- Paraguay, 71 fields
- Peru, 73 fields
- Philippines, 74 fields
- Pitcairn Islands, 65 fields
- Poland, 70 fields
- Portugal, 73 fields
- Puerto Rico, 66 fields
Q
R
S
- San Marino, 64 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 67 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 73 fields
- Senegal, 75 fields
- Seychelles, 71 fields
- Sierra Leone, 67 fields
- Singapore, 69 fields
- Solomon Islands, 66 fields
- Somalia, 68 fields
- South Africa, 71 fields
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 34 fields
- Soviet Union, 75 fields
- Spain, 73 fields
- Spratly Islands, 19 fields
- Sri Lanka, 72 fields
- St. Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 64 fields
- St. Kitts and Nevisnow Saint Kitts and Nevis, 69 fields
- St. Lucianow Saint Lucia, 68 fields
- St. Pierre and Miquelonnow Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 66 fields
- St. Vincent and the Grenadinesnow Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 68 fields
- Sudan, 73 fields
- Suriname, 69 fields
- Svalbard, 39 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 67 fields
- Sweden, 72 fields
- Switzerland, 70 fields
- Syria, 73 fields
T
- Taiwan, 67 fields
- Tanzania, 71 fields
- Thailand, 74 fields
- The Bahamas, 70 fields
- The Gambia, 71 fields
- Togo, 69 fields
- Tokelau, 62 fields
- Tonga, 69 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 73 fields
- Tromelin Island, 23 fields
- Tunisia, 70 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 73 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 64 fields
- Tuvalu, 66 fields
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Z
Each entry shows how many fields this edition published for it. Where the Factbook later renamed an entry, its current name is under the one this edition used. Regions follow the Factbook’s own reference maps.