Edition 17 of 36
The 2006 edition. As published.
The 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook, recovered from the CIA’s web pages. Each entry is listed under the name this edition gave it and opens as it was published.
- country entries
- 262
- fields of text
- 28,950
- new since the 2005 edition
- 4
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By region
- World1 1 entry
- Africa58 58 entries · 1 new
- Antarctic Region5 5 entries
- Arctic Region4 4 entries
- Asia23 23 entries
- Central America and the Caribbean32 32 entries
- Europe48 48 entries · 2 new
- Middle East19 19 entries
- North America6 6 entries
- Oceania28 28 entries · 1 new
- South America14 14 entries
- Southeast Asia19 19 entries
- Oceans5 5 entries
Also in the 2005 editionNew in 2006
Fields in this edition
- Area 262
- Area - comparative 262
- Background 262
- Climate 262
- Coastline 262
- Economic overview 262
- Map references 262
- Environment - current issues 261
- Location 261
- Disputes - international 260
- Elevation 260
- Geographic coordinates 260
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 125 fields
- Akrotiri, 26 fields
- Albania, 127 fields
- Algeria, 129 fields
- American Samoa, 108 fields
- Andorra, 102 fields
- Angola, 128 fields
- Anguilla, 106 fields
- Antarctica, 35 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 116 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 18 fields
- Argentina, 129 fields
- Armenia, 123 fields
- Aruba, 113 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 30 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 18 fields
- Australia, 128 fields
- Austria, 128 fields
- Azerbaijan, 128 fields
B
- Bahamas, Thenow The Bahamas, 116 fields
- Bahrain, 124 fields
- Bangladesh, 128 fields
- Barbados, 118 fields
- Belarus, 124 fields
- Belgium, 126 fields
- Belize, 120 fields
- Benin, 121 fields
- Bermuda, 113 fields
- Bhutan, 113 fields
- Bolivia, 127 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 124 fields
- Botswana, 119 fields
- Bouvet Island, 30 fields
- Brazil, 129 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 42 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 114 fields
- Brunei, 122 fields
- Bulgaria, 128 fields
- Burkina Faso, 117 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 129 fields
- Burundi, 120 fields
C
- Cambodia, 124 fields
- Cameroon, 128 fields
- Canada, 128 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 114 fields
- Cayman Islands, 114 fields
- Central African Republic, 116 fields
- Chad, 119 fields
- Chile, 126 fields
- China, 130 fields
- Christmas Island, 84 fields
- Clipperton Island, 27 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 85 fields
- Colombia, 129 fields
- Comoros, 112 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 121 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 125 fields
- Cook Islands, 112 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 31 fields
- Costa Rica, 123 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 127 fields
- Croatia, 129 fields
- Cuba, 128 fields
- Cyprus, 122 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 128 fields
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- Gabon, 126 fields
- Gambia, Thenow The Gambia, 117 fields
- Gaza Strip, 89 fields
- Georgia, 127 fields
- Germany, 128 fields
- Ghana, 127 fields
- Gibraltar, 112 fields
- Greece, 129 fields
- Greenland, 111 fields
- Grenada, 112 fields
- Guadeloupe, 112 fields
- Guam, 108 fields
- Guatemala, 125 fields
- Guernsey, 100 fields
- Guinea, 120 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 114 fields
- Guyana, 118 fields
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- Macau, 110 fields
- Macedonianow North Macedonia, 121 fields
- Madagascar, 122 fields
- Malawi, 121 fields
- Malaysia, 130 fields
- Maldives, 114 fields
- Mali, 117 fields
- Malta, 116 fields
- Marshall Islands, 104 fields
- Martinique, 113 fields
- Mauritania, 118 fields
- Mauritius, 117 fields
- Mayotte, 98 fields
- Mexico, 130 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 106 fields
- Moldova, 125 fields
- Monaco, 97 fields
- Mongolia, 117 fields
- Montenegro, new · 91 fields
- Montserrat, 111 fields
- Morocco, 128 fields
- Mozambique, 127 fields
N
- Namibia, 123 fields
- Nauru, 109 fields
- Nepal, 116 fields
- Netherlands, 129 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 113 fields
- New Caledonia, 115 fields
- New Zealand, 126 fields
- Nicaragua, 122 fields
- Niger, 116 fields
- Nigeria, 130 fields
- Niue, 107 fields
- Norfolk Island, 90 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 101 fields
- Norway, 128 fields
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- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 109 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 114 fields
- Saint Lucia, 112 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 106 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 114 fields
- Samoa, 116 fields
- San Marino, 97 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 117 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 128 fields
- Senegal, 126 fields
- Serbia, new · 104 fields
- Seychelles, 117 fields
- Sierra Leone, 118 fields
- Singapore, 121 fields
- Slovakia, 128 fields
- Slovenia, 124 fields
- Solomon Islands, 112 fields
- Somalia, 118 fields
- South Africa, 129 fields
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 34 fields
- Southern Ocean, 19 fields
- Spain, 128 fields
- Spratly Islands, 27 fields
- Sri Lanka, 122 fields
- Sudan, 127 fields
- Suriname, 118 fields
- Svalbard, 66 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 115 fields
- Sweden, 125 fields
- Switzerland, 126 fields
- Syria, 129 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 2005 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.