Edition 7 of 36
The 1996 edition. As published.
The 1996 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
- 266
- fields of text
- 21,116
- new since the 1995 edition
- 0
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By region
- World1 1 entry
- Africa62 62 entries
- Antarctic Region5 5 entries
- Arctic Region4 4 entries
- Asia23 23 entries
- Central America and the Caribbean32 32 entries
- Europe46 46 entries
- Middle East17 17 entries
- North America6 6 entries
- Oceania34 34 entries
- South America14 14 entries
- Southeast Asia18 18 entries
- Oceans4 4 entries
Also in the 1995 editionNew in 1996
Fields in this edition
- Area 266
- Climate 266
- Coastline 266
- Environment - current issues 266
- Map references 266
- Natural resources 266
- Terrain 266
- Disputes - international 265
- Economic overview 265
- Geographic coordinates 265
- Location 265
- Data code 264
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 86 fields
- Albania, 87 fields
- Algeria, 85 fields
- American Samoa, 83 fields
- Andorra, 82 fields
- Angola, 89 fields
- Anguilla, 80 fields
- Antarctica, 48 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 86 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 16 fields
- Argentina, 89 fields
- Armenia, 87 fields
- Aruba, 81 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 29 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 11 fields
- Australia, 91 fields
- Austria, 91 fields
- Azerbaijan, 87 fields
B
- Bahrain, 87 fields
- Baker Island, 26 fields
- Bangladesh, 86 fields
- Barbados, 88 fields
- Bassas da India, 24 fields
- Belarus, 88 fields
- Belgium, 91 fields
- Belize, 89 fields
- Benin, 87 fields
- Bermuda, 86 fields
- Bhutan, 84 fields
- Bolivia, 93 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 90 fields
- Botswana, 81 fields
- Bouvet Island, 26 fields
- Brazil, 87 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 38 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 81 fields
- Brunei, 90 fields
- Bulgaria, 89 fields
- Burkina Faso, 83 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 88 fields
- Burundi, 85 fields
C
- Cambodia, 89 fields
- Cameroon, 86 fields
- Canada, 90 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 85 fields
- Cayman Islands, 83 fields
- Central African Republic, 85 fields
- Chad, 86 fields
- Chile, 91 fields
- China, 87 fields
- Christmas Island, 78 fields
- Clipperton Island, 25 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 79 fields
- Colombia, 90 fields
- Comoros, 84 fields
- Congonow Republic of the Congo, 89 fields
- Cook Islands, 80 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 25 fields
- Costa Rica, 88 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 85 fields
- Croatia, 91 fields
- Cuba, 85 fields
- Cyprus, 113 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 90 fields
D
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G
- Gabon, 86 fields
- Gaza Strip, 66 fields
- Georgia, 88 fields
- Germany, 91 fields
- Ghana, 88 fields
- Gibraltar, 85 fields
- Glorioso Islands, 25 fields
- Greece, 78 fields
- Greenland, 81 fields
- Grenada, 86 fields
- Guadeloupe, 85 fields
- Guam, 82 fields
- Guatemala, 82 fields
- Guernsey, 81 fields
- Guinea, 84 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 78 fields
- Guyana, 86 fields
H
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M
- Macau, 84 fields
- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic ofnow North Macedonia, 88 fields
- Madagascar, 88 fields
- Malawi, 85 fields
- Malaysia, 102 fields
- Maldives, 82 fields
- Mali, 85 fields
- Malta, 86 fields
- Man, Isle ofnow Isle of Man, 82 fields
- Marshall Islands, 84 fields
- Martinique, 86 fields
- Mauritania, 87 fields
- Mauritius, 86 fields
- Mayotte, 83 fields
- Mexico, 89 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 83 fields
- Midway Islands, 35 fields
- Moldova, 88 fields
- Monaco, 85 fields
- Mongolia, 85 fields
- Montserrat, 81 fields
- Morocco, 88 fields
- Mozambique, 86 fields
N
- Namibia, 86 fields
- Nauru, 83 fields
- Nepal, 86 fields
- Netherlands, 92 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 87 fields
- New Caledonia, 85 fields
- New Zealand, 87 fields
- Nicaragua, 87 fields
- Niger, 84 fields
- Nigeria, 88 fields
- Niue, 81 fields
- Norfolk Island, 79 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 83 fields
- Norway, 90 fields
O
P
- Pacific Ocean, 15 fields
- Pakistan, 90 fields
- Palau, 86 fields
- Palmyra Atoll, 26 fields
- Panama, 88 fields
- Papua New Guinea, 87 fields
- Paracel Islands, 26 fields
- Paraguay, 89 fields
- Peru, 89 fields
- Philippines, 88 fields
- Pitcairn Islands, 80 fields
- Poland, 90 fields
- Portugal, 90 fields
- Puerto Rico, 85 fields
Q
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S
- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 81 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 84 fields
- Saint Lucia, 85 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 83 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 85 fields
- San Marino, 82 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 81 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 86 fields
- Senegal, 87 fields
- Serbia and Montenegro, 120 fields
- Seychelles, 85 fields
- Sierra Leone, 84 fields
- Singapore, 86 fields
- Slovakia, 89 fields
- Slovenia, 90 fields
- Solomon Islands, 82 fields
- Somalia, 84 fields
- South Africa, 88 fields
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 42 fields
- Spain, 92 fields
- Spratly Islands, 28 fields
- Sri Lanka, 88 fields
- Sudan, 88 fields
- Suriname, 88 fields
- Svalbard, 56 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 85 fields
- Sweden, 89 fields
- Switzerland, 90 fields
- Syria, 89 fields
T
- Taiwan, 86 fields
- Tajikistan, 86 fields
- Tanzania, 90 fields
- Thailand, 91 fields
- The Bahamas, 87 fields
- The Gambia, 86 fields
- Togo, 87 fields
- Tokelau, 79 fields
- Tonga, 84 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 87 fields
- Tromelin Island, 27 fields
- Tunisia, 86 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 90 fields
- Turkmenistan, 87 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 82 fields
- Tuvalu, 80 fields
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Each entry shows how many fields this edition published for it, in amber where the entry is new since the 1995 edition. 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.