Edition 20 of 36
The 2009 edition. As published.
The 2009 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
- 30,818
- new since the 2008 edition
- 0
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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
- 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 2008 editionNew in 2009
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, 27 fields
- Albania, 137 fields
- Algeria, 138 fields
- American Samoa, 110 fields
- Andorra, 100 fields
- Angola, 136 fields
- Anguilla, 107 fields
- Antarctica, 35 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 124 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 18 fields
- Argentina, 141 fields
- Armenia, 133 fields
- Aruba, 121 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 29 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 18 fields
- Australia, 138 fields
- Austria, 135 fields
- Azerbaijan, 139 fields
B
- Bahamas, Thenow The Bahamas, 127 fields
- Bahrain, 133 fields
- Bangladesh, 140 fields
- Barbados, 129 fields
- Belarus, 134 fields
- Belgium, 138 fields
- Belize, 132 fields
- Benin, 133 fields
- Bermuda, 121 fields
- Bhutan, 126 fields
- Bolivia, 137 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 131 fields
- Botswana, 129 fields
- Bouvet Island, 30 fields
- Brazil, 139 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 43 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 116 fields
- Brunei, 129 fields
- Bulgaria, 138 fields
- Burkina Faso, 130 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 137 fields
- Burundi, 134 fields
C
- Cambodia, 135 fields
- Cameroon, 136 fields
- Canada, 138 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 128 fields
- Cayman Islands, 119 fields
- Central African Republic, 129 fields
- Chad, 134 fields
- Chile, 136 fields
- China, 141 fields
- Christmas Island, 79 fields
- Clipperton Island, 27 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 78 fields
- Colombia, 140 fields
- Comoros, 124 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 133 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 134 fields
- Cook Islands, 116 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 31 fields
- Costa Rica, 139 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 138 fields
- Croatia, 139 fields
- Cuba, 139 fields
- Cyprus, 138 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 138 fields
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- Gabon, 135 fields
- Gambia, Thenow The Gambia, 133 fields
- Gaza Strip, 91 fields
- Georgia, 137 fields
- Germany, 139 fields
- Ghana, 139 fields
- Gibraltar, 114 fields
- Greece, 138 fields
- Greenland, 115 fields
- Grenada, 123 fields
- Guam, 111 fields
- Guatemala, 137 fields
- Guernsey, 98 fields
- Guinea, 134 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 130 fields
- Guyana, 134 fields
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- Macau, 124 fields
- Macedonianow North Macedonia, 135 fields
- Madagascar, 133 fields
- Malawi, 136 fields
- Malaysia, 141 fields
- Maldives, 129 fields
- Mali, 131 fields
- Malta, 132 fields
- Marshall Islands, 102 fields
- Mauritania, 129 fields
- Mauritius, 132 fields
- Mayotte, 95 fields
- Mexico, 140 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 109 fields
- Moldova, 136 fields
- Monaco, 98 fields
- Mongolia, 132 fields
- Montenegro, 112 fields
- Montserrat, 118 fields
- Morocco, 137 fields
- Mozambique, 137 fields
N
- Namibia, 134 fields
- Nauru, 112 fields
- Nepal, 132 fields
- Netherlands, 139 fields
- Netherlands Antilles, 125 fields
- New Caledonia, 117 fields
- New Zealand, 138 fields
- Nicaragua, 134 fields
- Niger, 129 fields
- Nigeria, 141 fields
- Niue, 110 fields
- Norfolk Island, 84 fields
- Northern Mariana Islands, 99 fields
- Norway, 138 fields
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- Saint Barthelemy, 45 fields
- Saint Helenanow Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 111 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 126 fields
- Saint Lucia, 123 fields
- Saint Martin, 51 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 108 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 124 fields
- Samoa, 125 fields
- San Marino, 102 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 128 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 137 fields
- Senegal, 135 fields
- Serbia, 129 fields
- Seychelles, 128 fields
- Sierra Leone, 132 fields
- Singapore, 133 fields
- Slovakia, 138 fields
- Slovenia, 137 fields
- Solomon Islands, 124 fields
- Somalia, 122 fields
- South Africa, 141 fields
- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islandsnow South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 34 fields
- Southern Ocean, 19 fields
- Spain, 138 fields
- Spratly Islands, 28 fields
- Sri Lanka, 136 fields
- Sudan, 134 fields
- Suriname, 131 fields
- Svalbard, 65 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 130 fields
- Sweden, 137 fields
- Switzerland, 138 fields
- Syria, 136 fields
T
- Taiwan, 131 fields
- Tajikistan, 136 fields
- Tanzania, 139 fields
- Thailand, 140 fields
- Timor-Leste, 123 fields
- Togo, 134 fields
- Tokelau, 87 fields
- Tonga, 125 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 135 fields
- Tunisia, 133 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 139 fields
- Turkmenistan, 130 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 114 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 2008 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.