The CIA World Factbook Edition 2010 Government
Dependency status In 31 editions of 36.
Dependency status was published in 31 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2010 edition carries it in 54 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2010 edition
- 54
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Dependency status” (1997 to 2025), and under 1 other heading in a few entries, mostly where the source split this field into parts.
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Africa
2 entriesAntarctic Region
4 entriesBouvet Island
territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Oslo Police
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina;
- administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II
Arctic Region
3 entriesGreenland
part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979
Jan Mayen
- territory of Norway;
- since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland;
- however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service
Svalbard
- territory of Norway;
- administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen;
- by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway
Asia
1 entryBritish Indian Ocean Territory
overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
Central America and the Caribbean
14 entriesAruba
- constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles;
- Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Curacao
- constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010;
- Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Netherlands Antilles
- an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954;
- Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Puerto Rico
- unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status;
- policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President
Sint Maarten
- constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010;
- Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Virgin Islands
organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Europe
5 entriesFaroe Islands
part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1948
Middle East
2 entriesNorth America
3 entriesOceania
14 entriesAmerican Samoa
unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Cook Islands
- self-governing in free association with New Zealand;
- Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs;
- New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense in consultation with the Cook Islands
Coral Sea Islands
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Guam
organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Niue
- self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974;
- Niue fully responsible for internal affairs;
- New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense;
- however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue
Norfolk Island
self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Northern Mariana Islands
commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs
Tokelau
- self-administering territory of New Zealand;
- note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand;
- a UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
unincorporated territories of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
- note on Palmyra Atoll:
- incorporated Territory of the US;
- partly privately owned and partly federally owned;
- administered from Washington, DC by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior;
- the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon
Wake Island
- unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US;
- administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior;
- activities in the atoll are currently conducted by the US Air Force
South America
1 entrySoutheast Asia
5 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Christmas Island
non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2010, “Dependency status”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/dependency-status/2010.