Edition 14 of 36
The 2003 edition. As published.
The 2003 edition of the CIA World Factbook, recovered from the CIAโs web pages. Each entry is listed under the name this edition gave it and opens as it was published.
- country entries
- 268
- fields of text
- 28,676
- new since the 2002 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 Asia19 19 entries
- Oceans5 5 entries
Also in the 2002 editionNew in 2003
Fields in this edition
- Area 268
- Area - comparative 268
- Background 268
- Climate 268
- Coastline 268
- Disputes - international 268
- Economic overview 268
- Elevation 268
- Environment - current issues 268
- Map references 268
- Natural resources 268
- Ports 268
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 125 fields
- Albania, 125 fields
- Algeria, 125 fields
- American Samoa, 110 fields
- Andorra, 104 fields
- Angola, 124 fields
- Anguilla, 105 fields
- Antarctica, 36 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 113 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 18 fields
- Argentina, 124 fields
- Armenia, 122 fields
- Aruba, 111 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 31 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 18 fields
- Australia, 126 fields
- Austria, 126 fields
- Azerbaijan, 125 fields
B
- Bahamas, Thenow The Bahamas, 114 fields
- Bahrain, 124 fields
- Baker Island, 30 fields
- Bangladesh, 123 fields
- Barbados, 120 fields
- Bassas da India, 28 fields
- Belarus, 122 fields
- Belgium, 124 fields
- Belize, 117 fields
- Benin, 118 fields
- Bermuda, 112 fields
- Bhutan, 115 fields
- Bolivia, 125 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 124 fields
- Botswana, 115 fields
- Bouvet Island, 30 fields
- Brazil, 125 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 42 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 111 fields
- Brunei, 125 fields
- Bulgaria, 126 fields
- Burkina Faso, 114 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 125 fields
- Burundi, 116 fields
C
- Cambodia, 119 fields
- Cameroon, 123 fields
- Canada, 126 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 114 fields
- Cayman Islands, 112 fields
- Central African Republic, 113 fields
- Chad, 116 fields
- Chile, 125 fields
- China, 125 fields
- Christmas Island, 101 fields
- Clipperton Island, 28 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 100 fields
- Colombia, 126 fields
- Comoros, 113 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 119 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 121 fields
- Cook Islands, 108 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 32 fields
- Costa Rica, 118 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 123 fields
- Croatia, 126 fields
- Cuba, 126 fields
- Cyprus, 118 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 125 fields
D
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- Gabon, 122 fields
- Gambia, Thenow The Gambia, 113 fields
- Gaza Strip, 87 fields
- Georgia, 125 fields
- Germany, 126 fields
- Ghana, 122 fields
- Gibraltar, 110 fields
- Glorioso Islands, 33 fields
- Greece, 126 fields
- Greenland, 109 fields
- Grenada, 112 fields
- Guadeloupe, 111 fields
- Guam, 110 fields
- Guatemala, 121 fields
- Guernsey, 104 fields
- Guinea, 115 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 114 fields
- Guyana, 115 fields
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M
- Macau, 110 fields
- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic ofnow North Macedonia, 117 fields
- Madagascar, 119 fields
- Malawi, 114 fields
- Malaysia, 125 fields
- Maldives, 114 fields
- Mali, 114 fields
- Malta, 114 fields
- Man, Isle ofnow Isle of Man, 100 fields
- Marshall Islands, 105 fields
- Martinique, 112 fields
- Mauritania, 115 fields
- Mauritius, 116 fields
- Mayotte, 102 fields
- Mexico, 126 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 102 fields
- Midway Islands, 32 fields
- Moldova, 122 fields
- Monaco, 97 fields
- Mongolia, 116 fields
- Montserrat, 110 fields
- Morocco, 126 fields
- Mozambique, 123 fields
N
- Namibia, 116 fields
- Nauru, 114 fields
- Nepal, 117 fields
- Netherlands, 126 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 115 fields
- New Caledonia, 114 fields
- New Zealand, 125 fields
- Nicaragua, 119 fields
- Niger, 116 fields
- Nigeria, 126 fields
- Niue, 110 fields
- Norfolk Island, 102 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 104 fields
- Norway, 125 fields
O
P
- Pacific Ocean, 18 fields
- Pakistan, 126 fields
- Palau, 104 fields
- Palmyra Atoll, 31 fields
- Panama, 118 fields
- Papua New Guinea, 123 fields
- Paracel Islands, 27 fields
- Paraguay, 118 fields
- Peru, 125 fields
- Philippines, 126 fields
- Pitcairn Islands, 99 fields
- Poland, 126 fields
- Portugal, 123 fields
- Puerto Rico, 115 fields
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- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 110 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 112 fields
- Saint Lucia, 112 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 109 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 113 fields
- Samoa, 113 fields
- San Marino, 103 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 113 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 125 fields
- Senegal, 122 fields
- Serbia and Montenegro, 124 fields
- Seychelles, 114 fields
- Sierra Leone, 116 fields
- Singapore, 119 fields
- Slovakia, 126 fields
- Slovenia, 122 fields
- Solomon Islands, 112 fields
- Somalia, 118 fields
- South Africa, 126 fields
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 37 fields
- Southern Ocean, 19 fields
- Spain, 126 fields
- Spratly Islands, 28 fields
- Sri Lanka, 118 fields
- Sudan, 120 fields
- Suriname, 118 fields
- Svalbard, 81 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 113 fields
- Sweden, 123 fields
- Switzerland, 124 fields
- Syria, 125 fields
T
- Taiwan, 124 fields
- Tajikistan, 122 fields
- Tanzania, 119 fields
- Thailand, 126 fields
- Togo, 115 fields
- Tokelau, 99 fields
- Tonga, 112 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 122 fields
- Tromelin Island, 31 fields
- Tunisia, 124 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 126 fields
- Turkmenistan, 125 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 112 fields
- Tuvalu, 103 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 2002 edition. Where the Factbook later renamed an entry, its current name is under the one this edition used. Regions follow the Factbookโs own reference maps.