Entities in the World Fact Book

Information about Entities in the World Fact Books of the past and present

Independent Countries

A
Afghanistan | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Albania | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Algeria | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Andorra | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Angola | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Argentina | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Armenia | WFB | Profile |
Australia | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Austria | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Azerbaijan | WFB Profile | Profile |

B
Bahamas | WFB | Profile |
Bahrain | WFB | Profile |
Bangladesh | WFB | Profile |
Barbados | WFB | Profile |
Belarus | WFB | Profile |
Belgium | WFB | Profile |
Belize | WFB | Profile |
Benin | WFB | Profile |
Bhutan | WFB | Profile |
Bolivia | WFB | Profile |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | WFB | Profile |
Botswana | WFB | Profile |
Brazil | WFB | Profile |
Brunei | WFB | Profile |
Bulgaria | WFB | Profile |
Burkina Faso | WFB | Profile |
Burma (Myanmar) | WFB | Profile |
Burundi | WFB | Profile |

C
Cambodia | 1982 | Profile |
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus

D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic

E
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Europa Island

F
Fiji
Finland
France

G
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

H
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary

I
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast

J (added to by name)
Jamaica | 1982 | 1990 | 2004(no) | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Japan | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Jordan | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |

K (added to by name)
Kazakhstan | 2004 | 2004 | WFB | Profile |
Kenya | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Kiribati | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Korea (see North Korea and South Korea)
Kosovo | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Kuwait | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Kyrgyztan | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |

L
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg

M
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia Federated States
Midway Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma) | WFB |

N
Namibia
Nauru
Navassa Island
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea | 1990 | WFB |
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway

O
Oman | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 |WFB |

P
Pakistan
Palau | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal

Q (added to by name)
Qatar | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 |WFB |

R
Reunion | 1990 | 2004 |
Romania | 1990 | WFB |
Rwanda | 1990 | WFB |

S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile|
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea | 1990 | WFB |
Spain
Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria

T
Taiwan | WFB |
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tromelin Island
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu

U
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay

V
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands

W
Western Samoa | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile|

Y (added to by name)
Yemen | 2022 | WFB | Profile |

Z (added to by name)
Zambia | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Zimbabwe | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |

Disputed

(added to by name)

> Gaza Strip | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |

West Bank | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |

Removed Entities

(added to by name)

Bassas da India | 1990 | 2004 | Profile
Czechoslovakia (1918–1992) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |
East Germany / German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |
Europa Island | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Glorioso Islands | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Iles Esparses (within the French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone | 1990 | Wikipedia |
Juan de Nova Island | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Kampuchea | 1982 | now Cambodia |
North Yemen / Yemen Arab Republic aka Yemen/Sanaa (1962–1990) | 1982 | 1990 |
Pacific Islands Trust Territory of Palau | 1990 |
South Yemen / People's Democratic Republic of Yemen aka Yemen/Aden (1967–1970) | 1982 | 1990 |
Soviet Union (1922–1991) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |
Tromelin Island | 1990 | 2004 | Profile
West Germany / Federal Republic of Germany (1949–1990) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |
Yugoslavia (1918–1992) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |
Zaire (1971–1997) | 1982 | 1990 | Profile |

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

AUSTRALIA
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 1990 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Christmas Island | WFB | Profile |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | WFB | Profile |
Coral Sea Islands | WFB |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | WFB |
Norfolk Island | WFB | Profile |
CHINA
Hong Kong | WFB | Profile |
Macau | WFB | Profile |
DENMARK
Faroe Islands | WFB | Profile |
Greenland | WFB | Profile |
FRANCE
Clipperton Island | WFB | Profile |
French Guiana | not in the WFB | Profile |
French Polynesia | WFB | Profile |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands| WFB | Profile |
Juan de Nova Island |1990 | 2004 | Profile |
New Caledonia | WFB | Profile |
Saint Barthelemy | WFB | Profile |
Saint Martin | WFB | Profile |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | WFB | Profile |
Wallis and Futuna | 1982 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile
NETHERLANDS
Aruba | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Curacao | WFB | Profile |
Sint Maarten | WFB | Profile |
NEW ZEALAND
Cook Islands | WFB | Profile |
Niue | WFB | Profile |
Tokelau | WFB | Profile |
NORWAY (added to by name)
Bouvet Island | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Jan Mayen | 1990 | 2022 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Svalbard | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
UNITED KINGDOM
Akrotiri | 2004 |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia | WFB |
Anguilla | 1990 | WFB | Profile |
Bermuda | WFB | Profile |
British Indian Ocean Territory | WFB | Profile |
British Virgin Islands | WFB | Profile |
Cayman Islands | WFB | Profile |
Dhekelia | 2004 |
Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas | WFB | Profile |
Gibraltar | WFB | Profile |
Guernsey | WFB | Profile |
Jersey | 1990 | 2004(no) | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
Isle of Man | WFB | Profile |
Montserrat | WFB | Profile |
Pitcairn Islands | WFB | Profile |
Saint Helena | 2004 | Profile |
Saint Helena, Ascension,and Tristan da Cunha | WFB | Profile |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | WFB | Profile |
Turks and Caicos Islands | WFB | Profile |
UNITED STATES
American Samoa | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB| Profile |
Baker Island (USP wildlife refuge) | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Guam | WFB | Profile |
Howland Island (USP wildlife refuge) | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Jarvis Island | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Johnston Atoll | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Kingman Reef (USP wildlife refuge) | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Midway Islands (USP wildlife refuge) | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Navassa Island | 1990 | 2004| | 2022 | WFB| Profile |
Northern Mariana Islands | WFB | Profile |
Palmyra Atoll (USP wildlife refuge) | 1990 | 2004 | Profile |
Puerto Rico | WFB | Profile |
United States Pacific Wildlife Refuges | 2022 | WFB |
United States Virgin Islands | WFB | Profile |
Wake Island (US) | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile

Miscellaneous

(added to by name)

> Antarctica | 1990 | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |
Paracel Islands | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |
Spratly Islands | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |

Bodies of Water

(added to by name)

Arctic Ocean | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |
Atlantic Ocean | 1990 | 2004 | 2022| WFB |
Indian Ocean | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |
Pacific Ocean | 1990 | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |
Southern Ocean | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |

Other Entities

(added to by name)

European Union | 2004 | 2022 | WFB | Profile |
World | 2004 | 2022 | WFB |

References:

Today: cia.gov - the world factbook - countries
2022: cia.gov - the-world-factbook - about - archives - 2022
2004: wikisource.org - world fact book 2004 - article
1990: wikisource.org - world fact book 1990 - article
1982: wikisource.org - world fact book 1982 - article
Other:
wikipedia.org - entities and changes in the world fact book - list