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.{{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=CIA - World Factbook |date=2011-07-12 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html |access-date=2019-08-07 |quote=The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801225645/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html |archive-date=2019-08-01 }} These entities can be divided into categories.{{cite web | author = Directorate of Intelligence | title = The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions: Entities | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070612212505/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 12, 2007 | access-date = 2008-02-29 }} 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". In this category, there are 195 entities:
| class="wikitable"
! Flag of entity ! Name of entity ! Flag of entity ! Name of entity ! Flag of entity ! Name of entity ! Flag of entity ! Name of entity | ||||
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013|size=60px}} | Afghanistan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Albania|size=60px}} | Albania
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Algeria|size=60px}} | Algeria
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Andorra|size=60px}} | Andorra |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Angola|size=60px}} | Angola
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda|size=60px}} | Antigua and Barbuda |align="center"|{{flagicon|Argentina|size=60px}} | Argentina
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Armenia|size=60px}} | Armenia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Australia|size=60px}} | Australia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Austria|size=60px}} | Austria
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan|size=60px}} | Azerbaijan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|The Bahamas|size=60px}} | Bahamas, The |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Bahrain|size=60px}} | Bahrain
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Bangladesh|size=60px}} | Bangladesh
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Barbados|size=60px}} | Barbados
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Belarus|size=60px}} | Belarus |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Belgium|state|size=60px}} | Belgium
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Belize|size=60px}} | Belize
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Benin|size=60px}} | Benin
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Bhutan|size=60px}} | Bhutan |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Bolivia|size=60px}} | Bolivia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina|size=60px}} | Bosnia and Herzegovina |align="center"|{{flagicon|Botswana|size=60px}} | Botswana
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Brazil|size=60px}} | Brazil |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Brunei|size=60px}} | Brunei
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Bulgaria|size=60px}} | Bulgaria
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Burkina Faso|size=60px}} | Burkina Faso
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Burma|size=60px}} | Burma |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Burundi|size=60px}} | Burundi
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Cape Verde|size=60px}} | Cabo Verde
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Cambodia|size=60px}} | Cambodia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Cameroon|size=60px}} | Cameroon |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Canada|size=60px}} | Canada
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Central African Republic|size=60px}} | Central African Republic |align="center"|{{flagicon|Chad|size=60px}} | Chad
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Chile|size=60px}} | Chile |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|People's Republic of China|size=60px}} | China
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Colombia|size=60px}} | Colombia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Comoros|size=60px}} | Comoros
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|size=60px}} | Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo|size=60px}} | Congo, Republic of the |align="center"|{{flagicon|Costa Rica|size=60px}} | Costa Rica
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire|size=60px}} | Ivory Coast
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Croatia|size=60px}} | Croatia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Cuba|size=60px}} | Cuba
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Cyprus|size=60px}} | Cyprus
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=60px}} | Czech Republic
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark|size=60px}} | Denmark |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Djibouti|size=60px}} | Djibouti
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Dominica|size=60px}} | Dominica
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic|size=60px}} | Dominican Republic |align="center"|{{flagicon|Ecuador|size=60px}} | Ecuador |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Egypt|size=60px}} | Egypt
|align="center"|{{flagicon|El Salvador|size=60px}} | El Salvador
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea|size=60px}} | Equatorial Guinea
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Eritrea|size=60px}} | Eritrea |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Estonia|size=60px}} | Estonia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Eswatini|size=60px}} | Eswatini
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Ethiopia|size=60px}} | Ethiopia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Fiji|size=60px}} | Fiji |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Finland|size=60px}} | Finland
|align="center"|{{flagicon|France|size=60px}} | France
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Gabon|size=60px}} | Gabon
|align="center"|{{flagicon|The Gambia|size=60px}} | Gambia, The |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Georgia|size=60px}} | Georgia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Germany|size=60px}} | Germany
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Ghana|size=60px}} | Ghana
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Greece|size=60px}} | Greece |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Grenada|size=60px}} | Grenada
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Guatemala|size=60px}} | Guatemala
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Guinea|size=60px}} | Guinea
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau|size=60px}} | Guinea-Bissau |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Guyana|size=60px}} | Guyana
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Haiti|size=60px}} | Haiti
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Vatican City|size=60px}} | Holy See (Vatican City)
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Honduras|size=60px}} | Honduras |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Hungary|size=60px}} | Hungary
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Iceland|size=60px}} | Iceland
|align="center"|{{flagicon|India|size=60px}} | India
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Indonesia|size=60px}} | Indonesia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Iran|size=60px}} | Iran
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Iraq|size=60px}} | Iraq
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Ireland|size=60px}} | Ireland
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Israel|size=60px}} | Israel |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Italy|size=60px}} | Italy
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Jamaica|size=60px}} | Jamaica
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Japan|size=60px}} | Japan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Jordan|size=60px}} | Jordan |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan|size=60px}} | Kazakhstan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Kenya|size=60px}} | Kenya
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Kiribati|size=60px}} | Kiribati
|align="center"|{{flagicon|North Korea|size=60px}} | Korea, North |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|South Korea|size=60px}} | Korea, South
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Kosovo|size=60px}} | Kosovo
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Kuwait|size=60px}} | Kuwait
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan|size=60px}} | Kyrgyzstan |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Laos|size=60px}} | Laos
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Latvia|size=60px}} | Latvia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Lebanon|size=60px}} | Lebanon
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Lesotho|size=60px}} | Lesotho |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Liberia|size=60px}} | Liberia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Libya|size=60px}} | Libya
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Liechtenstein|size=60px}} | Liechtenstein
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Lithuania|size=60px}} | Lithuania |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Luxembourg|size=60px}} | Luxembourg
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Madagascar|size=60px}} | Madagascar
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Malawi|size=60px}} | Malawi
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Malaysia|size=60px}} | Malaysia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Maldives|size=60px}} | Maldives
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Mali|size=60px}} | Mali
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Malta|size=60px}} | Malta
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Marshall Islands|size=60px}} | Marshall Islands |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Mauritania|size=60px}} | Mauritania
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Mauritius|size=60px}} | Mauritius
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Mexico|size=60px}} | Mexico
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia|size=60px}} | Micronesia, Federated States of |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Moldova|size=60px}} | Moldova
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Monaco|size=60px}} | Monaco
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Mongolia|size=60px}} | Mongolia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Montenegro|size=60px}} | Montenegro |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Morocco|size=60px}} | Morocco
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Mozambique|size=60px}} | Mozambique
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Namibia|size=60px}} | Namibia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Nauru|size=60px}} | Nauru |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Nepal|size=60px}} | Nepal
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Netherlands|size=60px}} | Netherlands
|align="center"|{{flagicon|New Zealand|size=60px}} | New Zealand
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Nicaragua|size=60px}} | Nicaragua |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Niger|size=60px}} | Niger
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Nigeria|size=60px}} | Nigeria
|align="center"|{{flagicon|North Macedonia|size=60px}} | North Macedonia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Norway|size=60px}} | Norway |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Oman|size=60px}} | Oman
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Pakistan|size=60px}} | Pakistan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Palau|size=60px}} | Palau
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Panama|size=60px}} | Panama |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea|size=60px}} | Papua New Guinea |align="center"|{{flagicon|Paraguay|size=60px}} | Paraguay
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Peru|state|size=60px}} | Peru
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Philippines|size=60px}} | Philippines |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Poland|size=60px}} | Poland
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Portugal|size=60px}} | Portugal
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Qatar|size=60px}} | Qatar
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Romania|size=60px}} | Romania |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Russia|size=60px}} | Russia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Rwanda|size=60px}} | Rwanda
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis|size=60px}} | Saint Kitts and Nevis |align="center"|{{flagicon|Saint Lucia|size=60px}} | Saint Lucia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|size=60px}} | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |align="center"|{{flagicon|Samoa|size=60px}} | Samoa
|align="center"|{{flagicon|San Marino|size=60px}} | San Marino
|align="center"|{{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe|size=60px}} | Sao Tome and Principe |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia|size=60px}} | Saudi Arabia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Senegal|size=60px}} | Senegal
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Serbia|size=60px}} | Serbia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Seychelles|size=60px}} | Seychelles |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone|size=60px}} | Sierra Leone
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Singapore|size=60px}} | Singapore
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=60px}} | Slovakia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Slovenia|size=60px}} | Slovenia |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Solomon Islands|size=60px}} | Solomon Islands
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Somalia|size=60px}} | Somalia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|South Africa|size=60px}} | South Africa
|align="center"|{{flagicon|South Sudan|size=60px}} | South Sudan |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Spain|size=60px}} | Spain
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka|size=60px}} | Sri Lanka
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Sudan|size=60px}} | Sudan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Suriname|size=60px}} | Suriname |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Sweden|size=60px}} | Sweden
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Switzerland|size=60px}} | Switzerland
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Syria|size=60px}} | Syria
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Tajikistan|size=60px}} | Tajikistan |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Tanzania|size=60px}} | Tanzania
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Thailand|size=60px}} | Thailand
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Timor-Leste|size=60px}} | Timor-Leste
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Togo|size=60px}} | Togo |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Tonga|size=60px}} | Tonga
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|size=60px}} | Trinidad and Tobago |align="center"|{{flagicon|Tunisia|size=60px}} | Tunisia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Turkey|size=60px}} | Turkey |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Turkmenistan|size=60px}} | Turkmenistan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Tuvalu|size=60px}} | Tuvalu
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Uganda|size=60px}} | Uganda
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=60px}} | Ukraine |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates|size=60px}} | United Arab Emirates |align="center"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom|size=60px}} | United Kingdom
|align="center"|{{flagicon|United States|size=60px}} | United States
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Uruguay|size=60px}} | Uruguay |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan|size=60px}} | Uzbekistan
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Vanuatu|size=60px}} | Vanuatu
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Venezuela|state|size=60px}} | Venezuela
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Vietnam|size=60px}} | Vietnam |
| align="center"|{{flagicon|Yemen|size=60px}} | Yemen
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Zambia|size=60px}} | Zambia
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe|size=60px}} | Zimbabwe
| colspan="2"| |
= Others =
This is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. There are two entities in this category:
| class="wikitable"
! Flag of entity ! Name of entity |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Republic of China|size=60px}}}}
| Taiwan |
| {{center|{{flagicon|European Union|size=60px}}}} |
= 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:
| class="wikitable"
! Flag of entity ! Name of entity |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|Australia: six entities}} |
| rowspan=4 |{{center|{{flagicon|Australia|size=60px}}}} |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Coral Sea Islands |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Christmas Island|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Norfolk Island|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|China: two entities}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Hong Kong|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Macau|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|Denmark: two entities}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Faroe Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Greenland|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|France: eight entities}} |
| rowspan=5 |{{center|{{flagicon|France|size=60px}}}} |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| New Caledonia |
| Saint Barthelemy |
| Saint Martin |
| {{center|{{flagicon|French Polynesia|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Wallis and Futuna|local|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|Netherlands: three entities}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Aruba|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Curaçao|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Sint Maarten|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|New Zealand: three entities}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Cook Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Niue|size=60px}}}}
|Niue |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Tokelau|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|Norway: three entities}} |
| rowspan=3 |{{center|{{flagicon|Norway|size=60px}}}} |
| Jan Mayen |
| Svalbard |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|United Kingdom: 17 entities}} |
| rowspan=2 |{{center|{{flagicon|United Kingdom|size=60px}}}} |
| Dhekelia |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Anguilla|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Bermuda|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|British Indian Ocean Territory|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Cayman Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Falkland Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Gibraltar|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Guernsey|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Jersey|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Isle of Man|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Montserrat|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Pitcairn Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Saint Helena|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" |{{center|United States: 14 entities}} |
| rowspan=9 |{{center|{{flagicon|United States|size=60px}}}}
|Baker Island{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Howland Island{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Jarvis Island{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Johnston Atoll{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Kingman Reef{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Midway Islands{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Navassa Island |
| Palmyra Atoll{{ref label|UM|B|B}} |
| Wake Island |
| {{center|{{flagicon|American Samoa|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Guam|size=60px}}}}
|Guam |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico|size=60px}}}} |
| {{center|{{flagicon|U.S. Virgin Islands|size=60px}}}} |
=Miscellaneous=
This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are five 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 {{cite web | author = Central Intelligence Agency | title = Press Release: CIA World Factbook 2006 Now Available | url = https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2006/pr04052006.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613001545/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2006/pr04052006.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | date = 2006-04-05 | access-date = 2006-09-25 }}) :
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.
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Name of entity ! Date change was made ! Comments ! Reference |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Antarctica | rowspan="6"|1988 | rowspan="6"|one of more than 40 entities added to the Factbook in order to provide a complete picture of the world |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Arctic Ocean |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Atlantic Ocean |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Indian Ocean |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Pacific Ocean |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| World |
| style="background-color:#ff6666" |
| rowspan="23"|1992 | rowspan="3"|dropped |
| style="background-color:#ff6666" | |
| style="background-color:#ff6666" | |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Armenia | rowspan="15"| replaced the Soviet Union in the Factbook |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Azerbaijan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Belarus |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Estonia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Georgia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Kazakhstan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Latvia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Lithuania |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Moldova |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Russia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Tajikistan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Turkmenistan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Ukraine |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Uzbekistan |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Bosnia and Hercegovina | rowspan="5"|replaced Yugoslavia in the Factbook |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Croatia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Macedonia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Serbia and Montenegro{{ref label|FRY|C|C}} |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Slovenia |
| style="background-color:#ff6666" |
| rowspan="6"|1993 | dropped after the country splits into the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Czech Republic | rowspan="2"|added after Czechoslovakia splits |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Slovakia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Eritrea | added upon independence from Ethiopia |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Vatican City | renamed Holy See (Vatican City) |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Ivory Coast | renamed {{Not a typo|Cote}} d'Ivoire |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Macedonia | 1994 | renamed The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) | 1995 | renamed Palau |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Kazakhstan | rowspan="3"|1996 | renamed {{Not a typo|Kazakstan}}; spelling changed |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Burkina | renamed Burkina Faso |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Corsica | added |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Zaire | rowspan="3"|1997 | renamed Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Congo | renamed Congo, Republic of the |
| style="background-color:#ff6666" |
| Corsica | dropped |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Western Samoa | rowspan="2"|1998 | renamed Samoa |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| {{Not a typo|Kazakstan}} | renamed Kazakhstan; spelling change |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Wake Island | 1999 | renamed Wake Atoll |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Wake Atoll | rowspan="2"|2000 | renamed Wake Island |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| Southern Ocean | added |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 2001 | renamed Yugoslavia |
| style="background-color:#33ff33" |
| East Timor | January 1, 2002 | added |
| style="background-color:#3366ff" |
| Yugoslavia | March 19, 2003 | renamed Serbia and Montenegro |
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| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | rowspan="3"| November 30, 2004 | renamed Macedonia after a November 2004 decision {{cite news | author = Staff reporter | title = US snubs Greece over Macedonia | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3981499.stm | publisher = BBC News Online | date = 2004-11-04 | access-date = 2006-11-29 | quote = Greece has protested strongly at a decision by the US to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) simply as "Macedonia". }} to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as such |
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| Akrotiri | rowspan="2"|added because both Akrotiri and Dhekelia are dependencies and not lease areas{{cite web | author = Directorate of Intelligence | title = CIA - The World Factbook 2004: What's new| date= 2004-12-16 | url = http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | access-date = 2010-10-17 | quote = Recent confirmation that the United Kingdom Government administers the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus as dependencies (and not as lease areas like the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba) has required a changing of their status and their addition to the Factbook as new entities. In addition, the European Union has been included as an "Other" entity at the end of the listing. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070607060922/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | archive-date = 2007-06-07 }} |
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| Dhekelia |
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| European Union | December 16, 2004 | added due to the fact the European Union has nation like qualities |
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| Man, Isle of | January 10, 2006 | renamed Isle of Man |
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| Baker Island | rowspan="8"|March 29, 2006 | rowspan="7"|redirected and consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry{{cite web | author = Directorate of Intelligence | title = CIA - The World Factbook 2006: Notes and Definitions: Entities | date= 2006-04-04 | url = http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html | access-date = 2009-11-03 | quote = 14 US - American Samoa, Baker Island*, Guam, Howland Island*, Jarvis Island*, Johnston Atoll*, Kingman Reef*, Midway Islands*, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll*, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island (* consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060407054327/http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html | archive-date = 2006-04-07 }} |
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| Howland Island |
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| Jarvis Island |
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| Johnston Atoll |
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| Kingman Reef |
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| Midway Islands |
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| Palmyra Atoll |
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| 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 |
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| June 13, 2006 |
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| Serbia | rowspan="2"|June 29, 2006 |
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| Montenegro |
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| Bassas da India | rowspan="6"|September 7, 2006 |
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| Europa Island |
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| Glorioso Islands |
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| Juan de Nova Island |
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| Tromelin Island |
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| Iles Eparses | a consolidation of the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island |
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| rowspan="4"|January 18, 2007 | rowspan="4"|dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper |
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| Reunion |
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| Saint Barthelemy | rowspan="9"| July 19, 2007 | rowspan="2"|added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France{{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=CIA - The World Factbook 2008: What's New |date=2008-02-28 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ |access-date=2011-07-17 |quote=The US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) now recognizes Timor-Leste as the short form name for East Timor; its description may be found under this new designation. France's overseas possessions have been reorganized. The five former entities of Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island, previously grouped as Iles Eparses (Scattered Islands), now constitute a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Additionally, the islands of St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, formerly a part of the French overseas region of Guadeloupe, now make up separate overseas collectivities and have their own Factbook entries. Finally, a new Kosovo entry has been added. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306230339/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ |archive-date=March 6, 2008 }} |
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| Saint Martin |
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| rowspan="6"|dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
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| 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 |
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| Kosovo | February 28, 2008 |
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| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | September 1, 2009 | renamed South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |
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| Saint Helena | January 15, 2010 | renamed Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
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| October 12, 2010 |
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| {{Not a typo|Curacao}} | rowspan=2|October 20, 2010 |
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| Sint Maarten |
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| Mayotte | April 8, 2011 | dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper{{cite web |author = Directorate of Intelligence |title = World Factbook Updates - April 8, 2011 |date = 2011-04-08 |url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/rss-updates/world-factbook-updates-april-8-2011.html |access-date = 2011-04-11 |quote = The Indian Ocean island entity of Mayotte became an overseas department of France on 31 March. The change in status makes it an integral part of France and so its description is now included in the France country profile of The World Factbook. |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514231914/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/rss-updates/world-factbook-updates-april-8-2011.html |archive-date = May 14, 2011 }} (Archived by WebCite at ) |
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| South Sudan | July 11, 2011 |
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| Cape Verde | January 7, 2014 | renamed Cabo Verde |
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| Swaziland | May 25, 2018 | renamed Eswatini {{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=The World Factbook: Eswatini |date=2018-11-30 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eswatini/ |access-date=2018-11-12 }}{{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=The World Factbook: What's New |date=2018-11-08 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/whatsnew.html |access-date=2018-11-12 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180611064949/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/whatsnew.html |archive-date=2018-06-11 | quote = On 18 April 2018, the king of Swaziland announced his intention to change the internationally used name of his country to more closely reflect the Swazi-language form of the name. The decision came into force the following day. On 11 May 2018, the Government of Swaziland published a gazette officially changing the name from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini (long form) or just Eswatini (short form). On 25 May 2018, the US Board on Geographic Names – Foreign Names Committee voted to approve the changes and they have now been incorporated into The World Factbook.}} |
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| Macedonia | February 19, 2019 | renamed North Macedonia {{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=The World Factbook: North Macedonia |date=2019-02-19 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/north-macedonia/ |access-date=2019-02-21 }}{{cite web|author=Directorate of Intelligence |title=The World Factbook: What's New |date=2019-02-14 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/whatsnew.html |access-date=2019-02-21 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190221220137/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/whatsnew.html |archive-date=2019-02-21 | quote = Greece and its northern neighbor Macedonia recently resolved a nearly-three-decade-old naming dispute in which both countries claimed historical rights to the name "Macedonia." The Republic of Macedonia agreed to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia and this renaming was officially promulgated on 12 February 2019. The World Factbook will incorporate the new name throughout its database after the US State Department receives an official diplomatic notification from the Macedonian Government and after the name has been approved by the US Board on Geographic Names - all of which should take place within the next few days. Other country name changes of the 21st century include last year's name change of Swaziland to Eswatini, the Czech Republic adopting the short-form name of Czechia in 2016, Cape Verde formalizing the Portuguese use of its name Cabo Verde for all official purposes in 2013, and East Timor adopting the name of Timor-Leste shortly after attaining independence in 2002.}} |
Notes
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{{note label|UM|B|B}} These entities have been consolidated into the United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.
{{note label|FRY|C|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).{{cite web | author = Serbia Info | title = History of Serbia:The Break-up of SFR Yugoslavia (1991 - 1995)| url = http://www.serbia-info.com/enc/history/breakup.html | access-date = 2008-03-08 | quote = Serbia and Montenegro opted to stay on in the federation and at the combined session of the parliaments of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro held on April 27, 1992 in Belgrade, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was passed thus reaffirming the continuity of the state first founded on December 1st 1918. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222072852/http://www.serbia-info.com/enc/history/breakup.html |archive-date = 2007-12-22}}{{cite news| first=John F.| last=Burns| title=Confirming Split, Last 2 Republics Proclaim a Small New Yugoslavia| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/28/world/confirming-split-last-2-republics-proclaim-a-small-new-yugoslavia.html| newspaper=The New York Times| date=1992-04-28|access-date=2010-10-22 }} Until 2001, the U.S. Government did not recognize the FRY as a state.{{cite web | author = Department of State | author-link = United States Department of State| title =Serbia and Montenegro (08/99) (See Yugoslavia)| date = August 1999 | url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/serbiaandmontenegro/12685.htm | access-date = 2010-10-22 | quote = Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been recognized as a state by the United States. }} The U.S. government also decided not to accept the FRY or any the other republics as a successor state to the SFRY.{{cite web | author = White, Mary Jo | author-link = Mary Jo White | title = 767 Third Avenue Associates v. United States: Brief For Amicus Curiae United States of America Supporting Appellees and Supporting Affirmance in Part and Reversal in Part | date = 2000-01-31 | url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/6649.doc | format= MS Word | access-date = 2010-10-17 | quote = Since 1992, the United States has taken the position that the SFRY has ceased to exist, that there is no state representing the continuation of the SFRY, and that five successors have arisen -- the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ("FRY(S&M)"), the Republic of Slovenia ("Slovenia"), the Republic of Croatia ("Croatia"), the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina ("Bosnia-Herzegovina"), and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ("FYROM") }}
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References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607060922/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html The World Factbook website]
- [http://factbookchangelog.blogspot.com/ The World Factbook Change Log] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816002304/http://factbookchangelog.blogspot.com/ |date=2011-08-16 }} Detailed changes within the CIA's World Factbook
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