                        THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1990
                          ELECTRONIC VERSION

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There are 249 entities in the Factbook that may be categorized as follows:
 
NATIONS:

   157 UN members (there are 159 members in the UN, but only 157 are
      included in The World Factbook because Byelorussia and Ukraine are
      constituent republics of the Soviet Union)
   15 nations that are not members of the UN--Andorra, Federated States of
      Micronesia, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Monaco,
      Namibia, Nauru, North Korea, San Marino, South Korea, Switzerland,
      Tonga, Tuvalu, Vatican City
 
OTHER:
    1 Taiwan
 
DEPENDENT AREAS:

    6 Australia--Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island,
      Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and
      McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
    2 Denmark--Faroe Islands, Greenland
   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, St. Pierre and
      Miquelon, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna
    2 Netherlands--Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
    3 New Zealand--Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
    3 Norway--Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
    1 Portugal--Macau
   16 United Kingdom--Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory,
      British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands,
      Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserrat,
      Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich
      Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
   15 United States--American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island,
      Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands,
      Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll,
      Puerto Rico, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau),
      Virgin Islands, Wake Island
 
MISCELLANEOUS:

    7 Antarctica, Gaza Strip, Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone,
      Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, West Bank, Western Sahara
 
OTHER ENTITIES
    4 oceans--Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
    1 World
   ===
   249 total
 

For each entry, five major categories of information are presented:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, and Defense Forces.
Under these major categories are over eighty sub-categories of information,
as follows:

NAME OF COUNTRY:

[[[ GEOGRAPHY ]]]

   Total area
   Comparative area
   Land boundaries
   Coastline
   Maritime claims
     Contiguous zone
     Continental shelf
     Exclusive fishing zone
     Exclusive economic zone
     Territorial Sea
   Disputes
   Climate
   Terrain
   Natural resources
   Land use
   Environment

[[[ PEOPLE ]]]

   Population
   Birth rate
   Death rate
   Net migration rate
   Infant mortality rate
   Life expectancy at birth
   Total fertility rate
   Nationality
   Ethnic divisions
   Religion
   Language
   Literacy
   Labor force
   Organized labor

[[[ GOVERNMENT ]]]

   Long-form name
   Type
   Capital
   Administrative divisions
   Dependent areas
   Independence
   Constitution
   Legal system
   National holiday
   Executive branch
   Legislative branch
   Judicial branch
   Leaders
   Head of Government
   Political parties and leaders
   Suffrage
   Elections
   Federal Council
   National Council
   Communists
   Other political or pressure groups
   Member of
   Diplomatic representation
   Flag
 
[[[ ECONOMY ]]]

   Overview
   GDP
   Inflation rate 
   Unemployment rate
   Budget
   Exports
   Imports
   External debt
   Industrial production
   Electricity:
   Industries
   Agriculture
   Illicit drugs
   Aid
   Currency
   Exchange rates:
   Fiscal year

[[[ COMMUNICATIONS ]]]
 
   Railroads
   Highways
   Inland waterways
   Ports
   Merchant marine
   Pipelines
   Civil air
   Airports
   Telecommunications

[[[ DEFENSE FORCES ]]]

   Branches
   Military manpower
   Defense expenditures
