The World Factbook
2002
The World Factbook
2002 requires 129-133 megabytes of disk space for the .Zip files and
about 220 megabytes of disk space for the publication once it's unzipped.
I. Single .Zip
file for high-bandwidth users:
factbook2002.zip
(85,832 kilobytes)
- Download the
file and unzip it file into the folder or directory you created.
- After unzipping
this file, use a file manager to navigate to the folder or directory.
To begin using The World Factbook, find and double-click the
index file (there are two index files--both
work equally well).
II. Two-file
.Zip set for high-bandwidth users:
- After downloading
the two files listed below, unzip them both into the folder or directory
you've created for the Factbook.
- factbooka2002.zip
(15,300 kilobytes) contains the complete Factbook except
the PDF-format reference maps. With just these files, the Factbook
is completely functional with the sole exception that the PDF
map links on the Reference Maps page will not work.
- factbookb2002.zip
(70,202 kilobytes) contains only the 15 PDF-format reference
maps.
- After unzipping
the files, use a file manager to navigate to the folder or directory
you created. To begin using The World Factbook, find and double-click
the index file (there are two index files--both work equally
well).
II. Multi-file
set for low-bandwidth users: After downloading the 24 files listed
below, unzip each of them into to the folder or directory you've created
for the Factbook. Do not unzip any of them into the subfolders
or subdirectories created during the unzipping process.
Note that the
first 9 .Zip files will create a fully-functional version of the Factbook
with the sole exception that the links to the PDF-format maps (files
10 to 24 below) on the Reference Maps page will not work.
- docs.zip (328 KB)
- fields.zip (1,266 KB)
- flags.zip (2,291 KB)
- geos.zip (3,374 KB)
- graphics.zip
(84KB)
- maps.zip (3,100 KB)
- covers.zip (1,804 KB)
- print.zip (2,076 KB)
- refmaps.zip (1,183 KB)
Reference Maps (PDF):
- africa.zip (393 KB)
- antarctic.zip (1,437
KB)
- arctic.zip (1,478 KB)
- asia.zip (6,158 KB)
- central_america.zip
(11,488 KB)
- europe.zip (394 KB)
- middle_east.zip
(6,680 KB)
- north_america.zip
(5,611 KB)
- oceania.zip (13,674
KB)
- physical_world.zip
(5,968 KB)
- political_world.zip
(1,844 KB)
- south_america.zip
(3,715 KB)
- southeast_asia.zip
(9,057 KB)
- time_zones.zip (822
KB)
- united_states.zip
(1,219 KB)
- After unzipping
these files, use a file manager to navigate to that folder or directory.
To begin using The World Factbook, find and double-click the
index file (there are two index files--both work equally well).
Previous editions
of The World Factbook available for download are:
Current
Edition
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