Before November 2001 The World Factbook website was updated yearly ; from 2004 to 2010 it was updated every two weeks ; since 2010 it has been updated weekly.

: These views were made clear in a disclaimer printed in the Factbook: " 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.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the Eritrean Government has revenues of $ 715. 2 million, and outlays of $ 1. 021 billion.

Still, given that the sources of this data has remained the same for the past 15 years, we can at least see a trend of unemployment staying high throughout this period, but rising sharply in the mid to late 90's peaking at 70 % in 1999 ( 2000 CIA World Factbook is the source for that number ), and then decreasing to the usual rates of around 50 % in recent years.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.

According to the CIA World Factbook, Panama has a population of more than 3, 400, 000 ; 70 % is mestizo ( mixed white, Native American, and / or black ) and mulattoes ( mixed white, and black ancestry ), 10 % is primarily black and mulattoes, 15 % white and 6 % Native Americans.

The CIA The World Factbook reports that Singapore has 2. 422 millions Internet users ( 2005 ) and 898, 762 Internet hosts ( 2006 ).

According to the CIA Factbook, the United States is one of three countries that has not adopted the International System of Units ( SI ) metric system as their official system of weights and measures.

The European Union's influential economic status and its nation-like characteristics has been acknowledged by the United States ' Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in their publication The World Factbook.

In 2007, UNICEF estimated there were 380, 000 orphans in Haiti, which has a population of just over 9 million, according to the CIA World Factbook.

A joint geological survey of the area has been initiated, and the issue was marked as settled by the CIA World Factbook, though no official document has been released by September 2010.

According to the CIA-The World Factbook -, there has also been considerable immigration to Latin America from European nations other than Spain and Portugal, ( For example, from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, etc.

While all U. S customary units have been redefined in terms of SI units, the United States does not commonly mandate the use of SI, making it, according to the CIA Factbook, one of three countries that has not adopted the International System of Units ( SI ) metric system as their official system of weights and measures, along with Burma ( Myanmar ) and Liberia.

This drain on the population has resulted in the labour force of the island being estimated ( by the CIA World Factbook ) at 15 able-bodied men in 2004.

Breggin has written two books specifically on the topic entitled, Talking Back to Ritalin and The Ritalin Factbook.

The dates of independence, as they have been ported into many articles from the CIA World Factbook are defined as follows:

As well as the availability of satellite imagery, online public domain factual databases such as the CIA World Factbook have been incorporated into virtual globes.

This happened due to a CIA decision to " focus Factbook resources " on the online edition.

In past years, the Factbook was available on CD-ROM, microfiche, magnetic tape, and floppy disk.

The map China on the World Factbook includes Taiwan.

The old entries for each individual insular area remain as redirects on the Factbook website.

" Montenegro and Serbia were treated separately in the Factbook data, as can be seen on the map.

In June 2009, the US National Public Radio ( NPR ), relying on information obtained from the CIA World Factbook, put the number of Israeli Jews living in settlements in the West Bank and Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem at 250, 000.

After discussions on the Wikipedia page for Liechenstein, and contacts with the Swiss embassy in Washington, incorrect information that Switzerland had obligations to defend Liechenstein was eventually removed by the Factbook.

This article is partly based on the relevant entry in the CIA World Factbook, edition.

Parts of this article are based on text from the CIA World Factbook.

Based on recent censuses and on the CIA World Factbook 2006

* CIA World Factbook entry on Monaco

* CIA World Factbook on " Congo, Republic of the "

According to the CIA World Factbook, private telephone companies " offer service in most major cities " via wireless technology, charging " the lowest international rates on the continent ",

The CIA World Factbook says: " South African economic policy is fiscally conservative, but pragmatic, focusing on targeting inflation and liberalising trade as means to increase job growth and household income.

The data in this article are based on the most recent Ukrainian Census, which was carried out in 2001, the CIA World Factbook, and the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

* UAE Economy on the CIA World Factbook

Center for the Study of Intelligence ( CSI ) Timeline CIA Factbook on Intelligence key: 1.

Based on: Population Estimates from the CIA World Factbook

Almost a century later, the Association of Religion Data Archives ( relying on World Christian Encyclopedia ) estimated some 15, 700 Bahá ' ís in 2005 while the CIA World Factbook estimated about 12, 000 Japanese Bahá ' ís in 2006.

* CIA World Factbook gives up-to-date statistics on net immigration by country.

Infanterie-Division on the Axis History Factbook

* Spanische Legion ( Blue Legion ) on the Axis History Factbook

* CIA World Factbook entry on Grand Cayman ( updated May 2, 2006 )

* Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U. S. Department of State website.

* Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U. S. Department of State website.

This article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2003.

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

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The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

This article incorporates material from The World Factbook 2000.

* Some of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2009.

Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook.

According to the 2009 CIA World Factbook, there are a total of 43 airports in Belgium, 27 of which have paved runways.

* Brazil military profile from the CIA World Factbook

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

The World Factbook ( ISSN ; also known as the CIA World Factbook ) is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U. S. government officials, and its style, format, coverage, and content are primarily designed to meet their requirements.

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The World Factbook was first available to the public in print in 1975.

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Many Internet sites use information and images from the CIA World Factbook.

Older editions of the CIA World Factbook, going back to 1989, country rankings constructed from CIA data, and additional country information from other sources are available at the Countries of the World website, which was begun in 1996.