Edition 19 of 36
The 2008 edition. As published.
The 2008 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
- 260
- fields of text
- 30,639
- new since the 2007 edition
- 1
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By region
- World1 1 entry
- Africa56 56 entries
- Antarctic Region5 5 entries
- Arctic Region4 4 entries
- Asia23 23 entries
- Central America and the Caribbean32 32 entries
- Europe49 49 entries · 1 new
- Middle East19 19 entries
- North America6 6 entries
- Oceania28 28 entries
- South America13 13 entries
- Southeast Asia19 19 entries
- Oceans5 5 entries
Also in the 2007 editionNew in 2008
Fields in this edition
- Area 260
- Area - comparative 260
- Background 260
- Climate 260
- Economic overview 260
- Map references 260
- Coastline 259
- Environment - current issues 259
- Location 259
- Elevation 258
- Geographic coordinates 258
- Natural resources 258
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 132 fields
- Akrotiri, 28 fields
- Albania, 136 fields
- Algeria, 137 fields
- American Samoa, 110 fields
- Andorra, 99 fields
- Angola, 135 fields
- Anguilla, 108 fields
- Antarctica, 34 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 125 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 18 fields
- Argentina, 140 fields
- Armenia, 131 fields
- Aruba, 120 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 29 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 18 fields
- Australia, 138 fields
- Austria, 136 fields
- Azerbaijan, 138 fields
B
- Bahamas, Thenow The Bahamas, 126 fields
- Bahrain, 132 fields
- Bangladesh, 139 fields
- Barbados, 128 fields
- Belarus, 133 fields
- Belgium, 136 fields
- Belize, 131 fields
- Benin, 132 fields
- Bermuda, 120 fields
- Bhutan, 125 fields
- Bolivia, 136 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 130 fields
- Botswana, 130 fields
- Bouvet Island, 30 fields
- Brazil, 138 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 42 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 117 fields
- Brunei, 129 fields
- Bulgaria, 137 fields
- Burkina Faso, 129 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 136 fields
- Burundi, 133 fields
C
- Cambodia, 133 fields
- Cameroon, 134 fields
- Canada, 137 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 126 fields
- Cayman Islands, 120 fields
- Central African Republic, 128 fields
- Chad, 133 fields
- Chile, 135 fields
- China, 140 fields
- Christmas Island, 81 fields
- Clipperton Island, 27 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 82 fields
- Colombia, 139 fields
- Comoros, 123 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 133 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 132 fields
- Cook Islands, 116 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 31 fields
- Costa Rica, 138 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 137 fields
- Croatia, 138 fields
- Cuba, 138 fields
- Cyprus, 137 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 137 fields
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- Gabon, 134 fields
- Gambia, Thenow The Gambia, 132 fields
- Gaza Strip, 92 fields
- Georgia, 135 fields
- Germany, 138 fields
- Ghana, 138 fields
- Gibraltar, 115 fields
- Greece, 137 fields
- Greenland, 114 fields
- Grenada, 123 fields
- Guam, 111 fields
- Guatemala, 136 fields
- Guernsey, 98 fields
- Guinea, 133 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 129 fields
- Guyana, 133 fields
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- Macau, 123 fields
- Macedonianow North Macedonia, 134 fields
- Madagascar, 132 fields
- Malawi, 135 fields
- Malaysia, 140 fields
- Maldives, 128 fields
- Mali, 130 fields
- Malta, 131 fields
- Marshall Islands, 103 fields
- Mauritania, 127 fields
- Mauritius, 130 fields
- Mayotte, 97 fields
- Mexico, 139 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 111 fields
- Moldova, 135 fields
- Monaco, 97 fields
- Mongolia, 131 fields
- Montenegro, 107 fields
- Montserrat, 119 fields
- Morocco, 136 fields
- Mozambique, 136 fields
N
- Namibia, 135 fields
- Nauru, 113 fields
- Nepal, 131 fields
- Netherlands, 138 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 125 fields
- New Caledonia, 117 fields
- New Zealand, 137 fields
- Nicaragua, 134 fields
- Niger, 128 fields
- Nigeria, 140 fields
- Niue, 111 fields
- Norfolk Island, 88 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 100 fields
- Norway, 137 fields
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S
- Saint Barthelemy, 42 fields
- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 111 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 124 fields
- Saint Lucia, 122 fields
- Saint Martin, 49 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 109 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 124 fields
- Samoa, 124 fields
- San Marino, 101 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 127 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 136 fields
- Senegal, 134 fields
- Serbia, 117 fields
- Seychelles, 127 fields
- Sierra Leone, 131 fields
- Singapore, 132 fields
- Slovakia, 137 fields
- Slovenia, 135 fields
- Solomon Islands, 123 fields
- Somalia, 121 fields
- South Africa, 140 fields
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 34 fields
- Southern Ocean, 19 fields
- Spain, 137 fields
- Spratly Islands, 28 fields
- Sri Lanka, 135 fields
- Sudan, 133 fields
- Suriname, 130 fields
- Svalbard, 67 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 131 fields
- Sweden, 136 fields
- Switzerland, 137 fields
- Syria, 134 fields
T
- Taiwan, 132 fields
- Tajikistan, 133 fields
- Tanzania, 138 fields
- Thailand, 139 fields
- Timor-Leste, 122 fields
- Togo, 133 fields
- Tokelau, 88 fields
- Tonga, 124 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 134 fields
- Tunisia, 132 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 138 fields
- Turkmenistan, 129 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 115 fields
- Tuvalu, 100 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 2007 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.