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:
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 |
|---|---|
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Taiwan |
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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:
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 [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 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 | [40] | |||
| Glorioso Islands | [41] | |||
| Juan de Nova Island | [42] | |||
| Tromelin Island | [43] | |||
| Iles Eparses | a consolidation of the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island [38] | [44] | ||
| French Guiana | January 18, 2007 | dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper | [45] | |
| Guadeloupe | ||||
| Martinique | ||||
| Reunion | ||||
| Saint Barthelemy | July 19, 2007 | added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France [46] | [47] | |
| Saint Martin | [48] | |||
| Bassas da India | dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands [46] | [49] | ||
| 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 [46] | [50] | ||
| Kosovo | February 28, 2008 | added [46] | [51] | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | September 1, 2009 | renamed South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | [52] | |
| Saint Helena | January 15, 2010 | renamed Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | [53] | |
| Netherlands Antilles | October 12, 2010 | dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves. [54] | [55] | |
| Curacao | October 20, 2010 | added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves [54] | [56] | |
| Sint Maarten | [57] | |||
| Mayotte | April 8, 2011 | dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper [58] | [58] | |
| South Sudan | July 11, 2011 | added following independence from Sudan [59] | [60] | |
| Cape Verde | January 7, 2014 | renamed Cabo Verde | [61] | |
| Swaziland | May 25, 2018 | renamed Eswatini | [62] [63] | |
| Macedonia | February 19, 2019 | renamed North Macedonia | [64] [65] | |
Notes
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). [66] [67] Until 2001, the U.S. Government did not recognize the FRY as a state. [68] The U.S. government also decided not to accept the FRY or any the other republics as a successor state to the SFRY. [69]
See also
References
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The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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There have been some significant changes in this edition. The Soviet Union Yugoslavia, and the Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone have been dropped. All 15 former Soviet republics have been added--Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia have replaced Yugoslavia.
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Czechoslovakia has been superseded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia. The name of the Ivory Coast has been changed to Cote d'Ivoire and the Vatican City became the Holy See.
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16 French dependencies--Bassas da India, Clipperton Island, Europa Island, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova Island, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna
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The country name Western Samoa has been changed to Samoa. The spelling of Kazakhstan includes the letter "h" once again; the spelling Kazakstan is no longer used.
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Yugoslavia has been renamed Serbia and Montenegro as of 4 February 2003.
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Greece has protested strongly at a decision by the US to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) simply as "Macedonia".
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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.
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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)
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The successful secession referendum held in Montenegro in May 2006 allowed it to legally leave its union with Serbia the following month. These two Balkan countries have now been formally recognized and are listed separately in the Factbook.
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16 France - Bassas da India*, Clipperton Island, Europa Island*, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands*, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova Island*, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island*, Wallis and Futuna (* consolidated in Iles Eparses entry)
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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.
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The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles has resulted in two new World Factbook entries: the autonomous entities of Curacao and Sint Maarten (the remaining three islands - Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius - have joined the Netherlands as special municipalities). The number of entities in The World Factbook now stands at 267.
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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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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.
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External links
- The World Factbook website
- The World Factbook Change Log Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine Detailed changes within the CIA's World Factbook
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:
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 |
|---|---|
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Taiwan |
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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:
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 [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 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 | [40] | |||
| Glorioso Islands | [41] | |||
| Juan de Nova Island | [42] | |||
| Tromelin Island | [43] | |||
| Iles Eparses | a consolidation of the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island [38] | [44] | ||
| French Guiana | January 18, 2007 | dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper | [45] | |
| Guadeloupe | ||||
| Martinique | ||||
| Reunion | ||||
| Saint Barthelemy | July 19, 2007 | added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France [46] | [47] | |
| Saint Martin | [48] | |||
| Bassas da India | dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands [46] | [49] | ||
| 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 [46] | [50] | ||
| Kosovo | February 28, 2008 | added [46] | [51] | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | September 1, 2009 | renamed South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | [52] | |
| Saint Helena | January 15, 2010 | renamed Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | [53] | |
| Netherlands Antilles | October 12, 2010 | dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves. [54] | [55] | |
| Curacao | October 20, 2010 | added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves [54] | [56] | |
| Sint Maarten | [57] | |||
| Mayotte | April 8, 2011 | dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper [58] | [58] | |
| South Sudan | July 11, 2011 | added following independence from Sudan [59] | [60] | |
| Cape Verde | January 7, 2014 | renamed Cabo Verde | [61] | |
| Swaziland | May 25, 2018 | renamed Eswatini | [62] [63] | |
| Macedonia | February 19, 2019 | renamed North Macedonia | [64] [65] | |
Notes
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). [66] [67] Until 2001, the U.S. Government did not recognize the FRY as a state. [68] The U.S. government also decided not to accept the FRY or any the other republics as a successor state to the SFRY. [69]
See also
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16 France - Bassas da India*, Clipperton Island, Europa Island*, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands*, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova Island*, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island*, Wallis and Futuna (* consolidated in Iles Eparses entry)
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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.
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External links
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- The World Factbook Change Log Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine Detailed changes within the CIA's World Factbook