Edition 23 of 36
The 2012 edition. As published.
The 2012 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
- 35,183
- new since the 2011 edition
- 0
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By region
- World1 1 entry
- Africa57 57 entries
- Antarctic Region5 5 entries
- Arctic Region4 4 entries
- Asia23 23 entries
- Central America and the Caribbean33 33 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 2011 editionNew in 2012
Fields in this edition
- Area 262
- Area - comparative 262
- Background 262
- Climate 262
- Economic overview 262
- Map references 262
- Coastline 261
- Location 261
- Elevation 260
- Environment - current issues 260
- Geographic coordinates 260
- Natural resources 260
- All fields
Every entry
A
- Afghanistan, 154 fields
- Akrotiri, 28 fields
- Albania, 157 fields
- Algeria, 159 fields
- American Samoa, 122 fields
- Andorra, 105 fields
- Angola, 158 fields
- Anguilla, 110 fields
- Antarctica, 33 fields
- Antigua and Barbuda, 144 fields
- Arctic Ocean, 18 fields
- Argentina, 162 fields
- Armenia, 154 fields
- Aruba, 134 fields
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands, 29 fields
- Atlantic Ocean, 18 fields
- Australia, 160 fields
- Austria, 159 fields
- Azerbaijan, 160 fields
B
- Bahamas, Thenow The Bahamas, 149 fields
- Bahrain, 151 fields
- Bangladesh, 162 fields
- Barbados, 151 fields
- Belarus, 155 fields
- Belgium, 159 fields
- Belize, 155 fields
- Benin, 155 fields
- Bermuda, 133 fields
- Bhutan, 146 fields
- Bolivia, 160 fields
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, 155 fields
- Botswana, 149 fields
- Bouvet Island, 30 fields
- Brazil, 162 fields
- British Indian Ocean Territory, 39 fields
- British Virgin Islands, 128 fields
- Brunei, 146 fields
- Bulgaria, 160 fields
- Burkina Faso, 152 fields
- Burmanow Burma (Myanmar), 157 fields
- Burundi, 154 fields
C
- Cambodia, 155 fields
- Cameroon, 155 fields
- Canada, 159 fields
- Cape Verdenow Cabo Verde, 147 fields
- Cayman Islands, 135 fields
- Central African Republic, 150 fields
- Chad, 155 fields
- Chile, 160 fields
- China, 162 fields
- Christmas Island, 80 fields
- Clipperton Island, 27 fields
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 79 fields
- Colombia, 163 fields
- Comoros, 145 fields
- Congo, Democratic Republic of thenow Democratic Republic of the Congo, 156 fields
- Congo, Republic of thenow Republic of the Congo, 154 fields
- Cook Islands, 133 fields
- Coral Sea Islands, 30 fields
- Costa Rica, 159 fields
- Cote d'Ivoire, 159 fields
- Croatia, 160 fields
- Cuba, 160 fields
- Curacao, 97 fields
- Cyprus, 159 fields
- Czech Republicnow Czechia, 160 fields
D
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G
- Gabon, 154 fields
- Gambia, Thenow The Gambia, 152 fields
- Gaza Strip, 89 fields
- Georgia, 160 fields
- Germany, 158 fields
- Ghana, 159 fields
- Gibraltar, 126 fields
- Greece, 159 fields
- Greenland, 129 fields
- Grenada, 141 fields
- Guam, 125 fields
- Guatemala, 158 fields
- Guernsey, 97 fields
- Guinea, 152 fields
- Guinea-Bissau, 150 fields
- Guyana, 156 fields
H
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L
M
- Macau, 139 fields
- Macedonianow North Macedonia, 155 fields
- Madagascar, 155 fields
- Malawi, 154 fields
- Malaysia, 163 fields
- Maldives, 149 fields
- Mali, 154 fields
- Malta, 155 fields
- Marshall Islands, 110 fields
- Mauritania, 150 fields
- Mauritius, 152 fields
- Mayotte, 97 fields
- Mexico, 162 fields
- Micronesia, Federated States ofnow Federated States of Micronesia, 119 fields
- Moldova, 156 fields
- Monaco, 103 fields
- Mongolia, 154 fields
- Montenegro, 135 fields
- Montserrat, 128 fields
- Morocco, 159 fields
- Mozambique, 155 fields
N
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S
- Saint Barthelemy, 49 fields
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 122 fields
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 145 fields
- Saint Lucia, 145 fields
- Saint Martin, 54 fields
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, 119 fields
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 142 fields
- Samoa, 145 fields
- San Marino, 107 fields
- Sao Tome and Principe, 148 fields
- Saudi Arabia, 159 fields
- Senegal, 158 fields
- Serbia, 149 fields
- Seychelles, 147 fields
- Sierra Leone, 155 fields
- Singapore, 154 fields
- Sint Maarten, 76 fields
- Slovakia, 159 fields
- Slovenia, 158 fields
- Solomon Islands, 143 fields
- Somalia, 143 fields
- South Africa, 160 fields
- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islandsnow South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 32 fields
- South Sudan, 69 fields
- Southern Ocean, 19 fields
- Spain, 159 fields
- Spratly Islands, 28 fields
- Sri Lanka, 159 fields
- Sudan, 155 fields
- Suriname, 150 fields
- Svalbard, 67 fields
- Swazilandnow Eswatini, 150 fields
- Sweden, 157 fields
- Switzerland, 159 fields
- Syria, 158 fields
T
- Taiwan, 147 fields
- Tajikistan, 156 fields
- Tanzania, 161 fields
- Thailand, 162 fields
- Timor-Leste, 138 fields
- Togo, 153 fields
- Tokelau, 89 fields
- Tonga, 145 fields
- Trinidad and Tobago, 156 fields
- Tunisia, 156 fields
- Turkeynow Turkiye, 162 fields
- Turkmenistan, 151 fields
- Turks and Caicos Islands, 122 fields
- Tuvalu, 108 fields
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Z
Each entry shows how many fields this edition published for it, in amber where the entry is new since the 2011 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.