Posted below are end-of-year versions of the The World Factbook's website. For data prior to the year 2000, please consult the Factbook's hard-copy editions, which may still be available through your local library.
access previous versions below:
- 2024 Archive
- 2023 Archive
- 2022 Archive
- 2021 Archive
- factbook-2020.zip (384MB)
- factbook-2019.zip (266MB)
- factbook-2018.zip (89MB)
- factbook-2017.zip (167MB)
- factbook-2016.zip (160MB)
- factbook-2015.zip (90MB)
- factbook-2014.zip (240MB)
- factbook-2013.zip (250MB)
- factbook-2012.zip (171MB)
- factbook-2011.zip (241MB)
- factbook-2010.zip (155MB)
- factbook-2009.zip (148MB)
- factbook-2008.zip (47MB)
- factbook-2007.zip (45MB)
- factbook-2006.zip (37MB)
- factbook-2005.zip (32MB)
- factbook-2004.zip (30MB)
- factbook-2003.zip (32MB)
- factbook-2002.zip (84MB)
- factbook-2001.zip (68MB)
- factbook-2000.zip (63MB)
format: The 2020 and earlier versions have been compressed in .zip format; when uncompressed, they are in standard HTML format.
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