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The World Factbook

By The CIA

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This work is only recommended for those with a special interest.

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1184 pages

… basic realities about the world in which we live

The Trump administration took down The World Factbook in February 2026 as a part of their war on facts.

Many of the site’s pages are still accessible on Archive.org as they were in January 2026 and the entire 2020 version is available on GitHub.

About: The Wider World

Published in 1994.

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    title={{T}he {W}orld {F}actbook},
    author={The CIA},
    year=1994,
    month=oct,
    pagecount=1184,
    keywords={wider},
    olid={OL28995644M},
    ranking={rank2},
    url={https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121119/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/world/}
}

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