Do You Know What is the CIA World Factbook?

The CIA World Factbook is a book published by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) of the United States of America and this book provides a multitude of information about every country in the world.

Information of a certain country is usually categorised into the following categories: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. A map of the country and its flag is provided as well.

The CIA publishes the World Factbook in printed and Internet versions. You can find the Internet version at this URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/. This is the front and back covers of the printed version of the 2008 World Factbook. You can see the covers for all the previous issues at this gallery of covers at their website.

The World Factbook is published in the public domain. This means that all the information provided by the book may be used by anyone at anytime without the permissions from the CIA. Only the official seal of the CIA may not be used without permission.

At the time of writing, The World Factbook is updated every two weeks. It was previously only updated once a year. This makes it one of the best resources on the Internet for current geographic information.

Here is some information about my country, Malaysia from the CIA World Factbook.