List of entities and changes in The World Factbook

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This is a list of entities and changes in The World Factbook. The World Factbook is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

As of July 2011, The World Factbook consists of 267 entities.[1] These entities can be divided into categories.[2] These categories are:

  • Independent countries
  • Others
  • Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
  • Miscellaneous
  • Other entities

After the list of entities, there is a table that lists entities that have been dropped, added, renamed, or consolidated in The World Factbook.

List of entities

The list of entities follows below. The names and flags of entities are as listed in the Factbook and may differ from other sources.

Independent countries

This is a list of independent countries. The CIA defines an independent country as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory".[2] In this category, there are 195 entities:

Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity Flag of entity Name of entity
Afghanistan Afghanistan Albania Albania Algeria Algeria Andorra Andorra
Angola Angola Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and
Barbuda		 Argentina Argentina Armenia Armenia
Australia Australia Austria Austria Azerbaijan Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahamas, The
Bahrain Bahrain Bangladesh Bangladesh Barbados Barbados Belarus Belarus
Belgium Belgium Belize Belize Benin Benin Bhutan Bhutan
Bolivia Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia
and Herzegovina		 Botswana Botswana Brazil Brazil
Brunei Brunei Bulgaria Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Myanmar Burma
Burundi Burundi Cape Verde Cabo Verde Cambodia Cambodia Cameroon Cameroon
Canada Canada Central African Republic Central African
Republic		 Chad Chad Chile Chile
China China Colombia Colombia Comoros Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
Republic of the Congo Congo, Republic
of the		 Costa Rica Costa Rica Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Croatia
Cuba Cuba Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic Czech Republic Denmark Denmark
Djibouti Djibouti Dominica Dominica Dominican Republic Dominican
Republic		 Ecuador Ecuador
Egypt Egypt El Salvador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eritrea
Estonia Estonia Ethiopia Ethiopia Fiji Fiji Finland Finland
France France Gabon Gabon The Gambia Gambia, The Georgia (country) Georgia
Germany Germany Ghana Ghana Greece Greece Grenada Grenada
Guatemala Guatemala Guinea Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guyana Guyana
Haiti Haiti Vatican City Holy See (Vatican City) Honduras Honduras Hungary Hungary
Iceland Iceland India India Indonesia Indonesia Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq Republic of Ireland Ireland Israel Israel Italy Italy
Jamaica Jamaica Japan Japan Jordan Jordan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Kenya Kenya Kiribati Kiribati North Korea Korea, North South Korea Korea, South
Kosovo Kosovo[A] Kuwait Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Laos
Latvia Latvia Lebanon Lebanon Lesotho Lesotho Liberia Liberia
Libya Libya Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Lithuania Lithuania Luxembourg Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Madagascar Madagascar Malawi Malawi Malaysia Malaysia
Maldives Maldives Mali Mali Malta Malta Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
Mauritania Mauritania Mauritius Mauritius Mexico Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated
States of
Moldova Moldova Monaco Monaco Mongolia Mongolia Montenegro Montenegro
Morocco Morocco Mozambique Mozambique Namibia Namibia Nauru Nauru
Nepal Nepal Netherlands Netherlands New Zealand New Zealand Nicaragua Nicaragua
Niger Niger Nigeria Nigeria Norway Norway Oman Oman
Pakistan Pakistan Palau Palau Panama Panama Papua New Guinea Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay Paraguay Peru Peru Philippines Philippines Poland Poland
Portugal Portugal Qatar Qatar Romania Romania Russia Russia
Rwanda Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts
and Nevis		 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Samoa Samoa San Marino San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome
and Principe		 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Senegal Senegal Serbia Serbia Seychelles Seychelles Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Singapore Singapore Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Somalia Somalia South Africa South Africa South Sudan South Sudan Spain Spain
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sudan Sudan Suriname Suriname Swaziland Swaziland
Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Syria Syria Tajikistan Tajikistan
Tanzania Tanzania Thailand Thailand East Timor Timor-Leste Togo Togo
Tonga Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and
Tobago		 Tunisia Tunisia Turkey Turkey
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Tuvalu Tuvalu Uganda Uganda Ukraine Ukraine
United Arab Emirates United
Arab Emirates		 United Kingdom United Kingdom United States United States Uruguay Uruguay
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vanuatu Venezuela Venezuela Vietnam Vietnam
Yemen Yemen Zambia Zambia Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Others

This is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. There are two entities in this category:

Flag of entity Name of entity
Taiwan
 Taiwan
European Union
 European Union

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

This category is a list of places affiliated with another country. They may be subdivided into categories using the country they are affiliated with:

Flag of entity Name of entity
Australia: six entities
Australia
 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Christmas Island
 Christmas Island
Norfolk Island
 Norfolk Island
China: two entities
Hong Kong
 Hong Kong
Macau
 Macau
Denmark: two entities
Faroe Islands
 Faroe Islands
Greenland
 Greenland
France: eight entities
France
 Clipperton Island
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
New Caledonia
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Martin
French Polynesia
 French Polynesia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna
 Wallis and Futuna
Netherlands: three entities
Aruba
 Aruba
Curaçao
 Curacao
Sint Maarten
 Sint Maarten
New Zealand: three entities
Cook Islands
 Cook Islands
Niue
 Niue
Tokelau
 Tokelau
Norway: three entities
Norway
 Bouvet Island
Jan Mayen
Svalbard
United Kingdom: 17 entities
United Kingdom
 Akrotiri
Dhekelia
Anguilla
 Anguilla
Bermuda
 Bermuda
British Indian Ocean Territory
 British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
 British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
 Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
 Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
 Gibraltar
Guernsey
 Guernsey
Jersey
 Jersey
Isle of Man
 Isle of Man
Montserrat
 Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
 Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
 Saint Helena, Ascension,
and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
 South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
 Turks and Caicos Islands
United States: 14 entities
United States
 Baker Island[B]
Howland Island[B]
Jarvis Island[B]
Johnston Atoll[B]
Kingman Reef[B]
Midway Islands[B]
Navassa Island
Palmyra Atoll[B]
Wake Island
American Samoa
 American Samoa
Guam
 Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
 Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
 Puerto Rico
United States Virgin Islands
 Virgin Islands

Miscellaneous

This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are six entities here:

Other entities

This category is for the World and the oceans. There are five oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other entries [3]) :

Changes in The World Factbook

This table lists changes in the entities in the Factbook. Entities that have been added are in green; dropped entities are in red; the flag last used by the entity is shown as well. Entities that have changed their name are in blue; entities that have been redirected and consolidated into another entry are in purple.

Name of entity Date change was made Comments Reference
Antarctica 1988 one of more than 40 entities added to the Factbook in order to provide a complete picture of the world [4]
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
World
Soviet Union 1992 dropped [5]
Yugoslavia
Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone
Armenia replaced the Soviet Union in the Factbook
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Bosnia and Hercegovina replaced Yugoslavia in the Factbook
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro[C]
Slovenia
Czechoslovakia 1993 dropped after the country splits into the Czech Republic and Slovakia [6]
Czech Republic added after Czechoslovakia splits
Slovakia
Eritrea added upon independence from Ethiopia
Vatican City renamed Holy See (Vatican City)
Ivory Coast renamed Cote d'Ivoire
Macedonia 1994 renamed The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [7]
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) 1995 renamed to Palau [8]
Kazakhstan 1996 renamed Kazakstan; spelling changed [9]
Burkina renamed Burkina Faso
Corsica added
Zaire 1997 renamed Congo, Democratic Republic of the [10]
Congo renamed Congo, Republic of the
Corsica dropped [11]
Western Samoa 1998 renamed Samoa [12]
Kazakstan renamed Kazakhstan; spelling change
Wake Island 1999 renamed Wake Atoll [13]
Wake Atoll 2000 renamed Wake Island [14]
Southern Ocean added
Serbia and Montenegro 2001 renamed Yugoslavia [15]
East Timor January 1, 2002 added [16]
Yugoslavia March 19, 2003 renamed Serbia and Montenegro [17]
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of November 30, 2004 renamed Macedonia after a November 2004 decision [18] to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as such [19]
Akrotiri added because both Akrotiri and Dhekelia are dependencies and not lease areas[20] [21]
Dhekelia [22]
European Union December 16, 2004 added due to the fact the European Union has nation like qualities[20] [23]
Man, Isle of January 10, 2006 renamed Isle of Man [24]
Baker Island March 29, 2006 redirected and consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry[25] [26]
Howland Island [27]
Jarvis Island [28]
Johnston Atoll [29]
Kingman Reef [30]
Midway Islands [31]
Palmyra Atoll [32]
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges a consolidation of the entries for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, and Palmyra Atoll[25] [33]
Serbia and Montenegro June 13, 2006 dropped due to independence of Montenegro[34] [35]
Serbia June 29, 2006 added due to independence of Montenegro[34] [36]
Montenegro [37]
Bassas da India September 7, 2006 consolidated in Iles Eparses entry[38] [39]
Europa Island [23]
Glorioso Islands [40]
Juan de Nova Island [41]
Tromelin Island [42]
Iles Eparses a consolidation of the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island[38] [43]
French Guiana January 18, 2007 dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper [44]
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Reunion
Saint Barthelemy July 19, 2007 added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France[45] [46]
Saint Martin [47]
Bassas da India dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands[45] [48]
Europa Island
Glorioso Islands
Juan de Nova Island
Tromelin Island
Iles Eparses
East Timor renamed Timor-Leste due to a decision of the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to use the latter instead of the former[45] [49]
Kosovo[A] February 28, 2008 added[45] [50]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands September 1, 2009 renamed South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands [51]
Saint Helena January 15, 2010 renamed Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha [52]
Netherlands Antilles October 12, 2010 dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves.[53] [54]
Curacao October 20, 2010 added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves[53] [55]
Sint Maarten [56]
Mayotte April 8, 2011 dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper[57] [57]
South Sudan July 11, 2011 added following independence from Sudan[58] [59]
Cape Verde January 7, 2014 renamed to Cabo Verde [60]

Notes

A Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

B These entities have been consolidated into the United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.[25]

C On April 27, 1992, Serbia and Montenegro, the final two republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), formed a new nation, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).[61][62] Until 2001, the U.S. Government did not recognize the FRY as a state.[63] The U.S. government also decided not to accept the FRY or any the other republics as a successor state to the SFRY.[64]

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.

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