factbook.json - World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON

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The World Factbook [1][2] published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offers free country profiles in the public domain (that is, no copyright(s), no rights reserved).

• [1] The World Factbook
• [2] Wikipedia Article: The World Factbook

Examples

Europe/Austria - at.json:

{
  "intro": {
    "background": {
      "text": "Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
               Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War ..."
    }
  },
  "geo": {
    "location": {
      "text": "Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia"
    },
    "geographic_coordinates": {
      "text": "47 20 N, 13 20 E"
    },
    "map_references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "area": {
      "total": "83,871 sq km",
      "land": "82,445 sq km",
      "water": "1,426 sq km"
    },
    "area_comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than Maine"
    },
    "land_boundaries": {
      "total": "2,562 km",
      "border_countries": "Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km"
    },
    "coastline": {
      "text": "0 km (landlocked)"
    },
    "maritime_claims": {
      "text": "none (landlocked)"
    },
    "climate": {
      "text": "temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers"
    },
    "terrain": {
      "text": "in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping"
    },
    "elevation_extremes": {
      "lowest_point": "Neusiedler See 115 m",
      "highest_point": "Grossglockner 3,798 m"
    },
    "natural_resources": {
      "text": "oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower"
    },
    ...

World Factbook Summary - 1 Supra / 196 Countries / 1 World

Europe (1 / 49)

eu European Union

al Albania ad Andorra am Armenia at Austria az Azerbaijan by Belarus be Belgium ba Bosnia and Herzegovina bg Bulgaria hr Croatia cy Cyprus cz Czech Republic dk Denmark ee Estonia fi Finland fr France ge Georgia de Germany gb Great Britain gr Greece hu Hungary is Iceland ie Irland it Italy lv Latvija li Liechtenstein lt Lithuania lu Luxembourg mk Macedonia mt Malta md Moldova mc Monaco me Montenegro nl Netherlands no Norway pl Poland pt Portugal ro Romania ru Russia sm San Marino rs Serbia sk Slovakia si Slovenia es Spain se Sweden ch Switzerland tr Turkey ua Ukraine va Vatican City

South America (12)

ar Argentina bo Bolivia br Brazil cl Chile co Colombia ec Ecuador gy Guyana py Paraguay pe Peru sr Suriname uy Uruguay ve Venezuela

North America (3)

ca Canada mx México us United States

Central America (7)

bz Belize cr Costa Rica sv El Salvador gt Guatemala hn Honduras ni Nicaragua pa Panamá

Caribbean (13)

ag Antigua and Barbuda bs Bahamas bb Barbados cu Cuba dm Dominica do Dominican Republic gd Grenada ht Haiti jm Jamaica kn Saint Kitts and Nevis lc Saint Lucia vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines tt Trinidad and Tobago

Africa (54)

dz Algeria ao Angola bj Benin bw Botswana bf Burkina Faso bi Burundi cm Cameroon cv Cape Verde cf Central African Republic td Chad km Comoros cg Congo cd Congo DR ci Côte d'Ivoire dj Djibouti eg Egypt gq Equatorial Guinea er Eritrea et Ethiopia ga Gabon gm Gambia gh Ghana gn Guinea gw Guinea-Bissau ke Kenya ls Lesotho lr Liberia ly Libya mg Madagascar mw Malawi ml Mali mr Mauritania mu Mauritius ma Morocco mz Mozambique na Namibia ne Niger ng Nigeria rw Rwanda sn Senegal yc Seychelles sl Sierra Leone so Somalia za South Africa ss South Sudan sd Sudan sz Swaziland st São Tomé and Príncipe tz Tanzania tg Togo tn Tunisia ug Uganda zm Zambia zw Zimbabwe

Middle East (14)

bh Bahrain ir Iran iq Iraq il Israel jo Jordan kw Kuwait lb Lebanon om Oman ps Palestine qa Qatar sa Saudi Arabia sy Syria ae United Arab Emirates ye Yemen

Asia (30)

af Afghanistan bd Bangladesh bt Bhutan bn Brunei kh Cambodia cn China in India id Indonesia jp Japan kz Kazakhstan kg Kyrgyzstan la Laos my Malaysia mv Maldives mn Mongolia mm Myanmar np Nepal kp North Korea pk Pakistan ph Philippines sg Singapore kr South Korea lk Sri Lanka tw Taiwan tj Tajikistan th Thailand tl Timor-Leste tm Turkmenistan uz Uzbekistan vn Vietnam

Pacific (14)

au Australia fj Fiji ki Kiribati mh Marshall Islands fm Micronesia nr Nauru nz New Zealand pw Palau pg Papua New Guinea ws Samoa sb Solomon Islands to Tonga tv Tuvalu vu Vanuatu

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