The 2003 CIA World Factbook

CONTENTS

Countries and Locations

Field Listings

Rank Orders

Appendixes

Notes and Definitions

History of The World Factbook

Contributors and Copyright Information

Purchasing Information

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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What's New

- Country information has been updated as of 18 December 2003.

- For Rank Order pages and downloadable, tab-delimited rank-order files, a Rank Order page for Highways has been added.

- Entries for Natural Gas - production, Natural Gas - consumption, Natural Gas - exports, and Natural Gas - imports have been added to the Economy category of each country.

The World Factbook 2003 printed version provides a "snapshot" of the world as of 1 January 2003.