Edition 8 of 36
The 1997 edition. As published.
The 1997 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
- 23,405
- new since the 1996 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 1996 editionNew in 1997
Fields in this edition
- Area 266
- Area - comparative 266
- Climate 266
- Coastline 266
- Data code 266
- Economic overview 266
- Elevation 266
- Environment - current issues 266
- Map references 266
- Natural resources 266
- Ports 266
- Terrain 266
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 98 fields
- Albania, 99 fields
- Algeria, 98 fields
- American Samoa, 88 fields
- Andorra, 87 fields
- Angola, 100 fields
- Anguilla, 87 fields
- Antarctica, 34 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 93 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 20 fields
- Argentina, 101 fields
- Armenia, 98 fields
- Aruba, 88 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 33 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 20 fields
- Australia, 101 fields
- Austria, 102 fields
- Azerbaijan, 98 fields
B
- Bahrain, 98 fields
- Baker Island, 30 fields
- Bangladesh, 95 fields
- Barbados, 95 fields
- Bassas da India, 28 fields
- Belarus, 99 fields
- Belgium, 101 fields
- Belize, 99 fields
- Benin, 98 fields
- Bermuda, 93 fields
- Bhutan, 95 fields
- Bolivia, 106 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 105 fields
- Botswana, 95 fields
- Bouvet Island, 28 fields
- Brazil, 100 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 45 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 89 fields
- Brunei, 99 fields
- Bulgaria, 100 fields
- Burkina Faso, 93 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 101 fields
- Burundi, 96 fields
C
- Cambodia, 99 fields
- Cameroon, 97 fields
- Canada, 100 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 94 fields
- Cayman Islands, 92 fields
- Central African Republic, 95 fields
- Chad, 97 fields
- Chile, 101 fields
- China, 99 fields
- Christmas Island, 86 fields
- Clipperton Island, 27 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 86 fields
- Colombia, 101 fields
- Comoros, 92 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 97 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 100 fields
- Cook Islands, 88 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 32 fields
- Costa Rica, 99 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 96 fields
- Croatia, 101 fields
- Cuba, 97 fields
- Cyprus, 100 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 100 fields
D
E
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G
- Gabon, 97 fields
- Gaza Strip, 75 fields
- Georgia, 99 fields
- Germany, 101 fields
- Ghana, 99 fields
- Gibraltar, 91 fields
- Glorioso Islands, 27 fields
- Greece, 100 fields
- Greenland, 90 fields
- Grenada, 93 fields
- Guadeloupe, 89 fields
- Guam, 88 fields
- Guatemala, 100 fields
- Guernsey, 88 fields
- Guinea, 94 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 94 fields
- Guyana, 95 fields
H
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L
M
- Macau, 92 fields
- Macedonia,now North Macedonia, 99 fields
- Madagascar, 98 fields
- Malawi, 93 fields
- Malaysia, 102 fields
- Maldives, 92 fields
- Mali, 95 fields
- Malta, 94 fields
- Man, Isle ofnow Isle of Man, 88 fields
- Marshall Islands, 91 fields
- Martinique, 91 fields
- Mauritania, 95 fields
- Mauritius, 95 fields
- Mayotte, 88 fields
- Mexico, 99 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 90 fields
- Midway Islands, 43 fields
- Moldova, 99 fields
- Monaco, 85 fields
- Mongolia, 96 fields
- Montserrat, 88 fields
- Morocco, 99 fields
- Mozambique, 96 fields
N
- Namibia, 94 fields
- Nauru, 85 fields
- Nepal, 98 fields
- Netherlands, 102 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 99 fields
- New Caledonia, 92 fields
- New Zealand, 98 fields
- Nicaragua, 98 fields
- Niger, 95 fields
- Nigeria, 98 fields
- Niue, 89 fields
- Norfolk Island, 86 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 84 fields
- Norway, 101 fields
O
P
- Pacific Ocean, 19 fields
- Pakistan, 100 fields
- Palau, 93 fields
- Palmyra Atoll, 30 fields
- Panama, 97 fields
- Papua New Guinea, 96 fields
- Paracel Islands, 31 fields
- Paraguay, 99 fields
- Peru, 100 fields
- Philippines, 98 fields
- Pitcairn Islands, 86 fields
- Poland, 100 fields
- Portugal, 100 fields
- Puerto Rico, 91 fields
Q
R
S
- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 89 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 92 fields
- Saint Lucia, 92 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 88 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 93 fields
- San Marino, 89 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 90 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 98 fields
- Senegal, 99 fields
- Serbia and Montenegro, 98 fields
- Seychelles, 94 fields
- Sierra Leone, 94 fields
- Singapore, 94 fields
- Slovakia, 100 fields
- Slovenia, 99 fields
- Solomon Islands, 92 fields
- Somalia, 95 fields
- South Africa, 99 fields
- South Georgia and thenow South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 40 fields
- Spain, 101 fields
- Spratly Islands, 34 fields
- Sri Lanka, 99 fields
- Sudan, 99 fields
- Suriname, 97 fields
- Svalbard, 63 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 93 fields
- Sweden, 100 fields
- Switzerland, 99 fields
- Syria, 102 fields
T
- Taiwan, 96 fields
- Tajikistan, 97 fields
- Tanzania, 97 fields
- Thailand, 100 fields
- The Bahamas, 95 fields
- The Gambia, 95 fields
- Togo, 96 fields
- Tokelau, 85 fields
- Tonga, 92 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 95 fields
- Tromelin Island, 30 fields
- Tunisia, 98 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 100 fields
- Turkmenistan, 99 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 90 fields
- Tuvalu, 90 fields
U
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Each entry shows how many fields this edition published for it, in amber where the entry is new since the 1996 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.