What: Posted
below are the Central Intelligence Agency's two most popular publications--The
World Factbook 2004 and the Factbook on Intelligence--in
compressed, .Zip file format, for the convenience of visitors who wish
to download a personal copy.
Updates: We
occasionally update these publications, so if you rely on the data for
more than simple informational purposes, we recommend that you check
back periodically for updates.
Format: The
files for both publications are in standard HTML format. They have been
compressed in .Zip format for ease of distribution.
Created with:
The files
were created with WinZip®, but any program that supports the .Zip
format may be used to uncompress them.
To unzip (uncompress)
the files:
1. Create
a file folder or directory on your computer's hard drive or on a peripheral
storage device in which to store each publication downloaded.
2. Download
the desired file or files listed below to the location of your choice.
3. Unzip the
file or files you downloaded into the folder or directory you created
for storing the publication.
4. Do
not unzip any file into a folder or directory other than the one
you created. The process of unzipping the files will create subfolders
or subdirectories required for the publication to be usable on your
computer. If you unzip files into these subfolders or subdirectories,
parts or all of the publication may not work.
Virus check: All
files were checked with up-to-date commercial virus detection software
prior to posting and, to the best of our ability to determine, were
free of known viruses at the time they were posted.
How to use the
publication: The files named index.htm and index.html
open the publications' home page. Navigate to the index file in the
folder or directory you created using a file manager, such as Windows
Explorer, then double-click it to open and begin using the publication.
The World Factbook
search feature:
Please note that the downloaded World Factbook functions as a stand-alone
publication on your computer with the exception that clicking the Search
link will cause your browser to attempt to connect to the CIA's Internet
website. The search software resides on our server and cannot be distributed
with the World Factbook.
The World Factbook
2004
The World Factbook
2004 requires 30 megabytes of disk space for the .Zip files and about
80 megabytes of disk space for the publication once it's unzipped.
I. Single .Zip
file for high-bandwidth users:
factbook2004.zip (30,984
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.
- factbooka2004.zip
(17,440 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.
- factbookb2004.zip (13,544
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 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 10.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 25 below) on the Reference Maps page will not work.
- docs.zip (354 KB)
- fields.zip (1,360 KB)
- flags.zip (2,853 KB)
- geos.zip (3,501 KB)
- graphics.zip
(81 KB)
- maps.zip (3,253 KB)
- covers.zip (2,044 KB)
- print.zip (2,097 KB)
- refmaps.zip (1,533 KB)
- rankorder.zip (364 KB)
Reference Maps (PDF):
- africa.zip (443 KB)
- antarctic.zip (1,288 KB)
- arctic.zip (526 KB)
- asia.zip (525 KB)
- central_america.zip
(497 KB)
- europe.zip (445 KB)
- middle_east.zip (470
KB)
- north_america.zip (424
KB)
- oceania.zip (458 KB)
- physical_world.zip
(4,317 KB)
- political_world.zip
(1,840 KB)
- south_america.zip (796
KB)
- southeast_asia.zip
(322 KB)
- time_zones.zip (818 KB)
- united_states.zip (374
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).
While they cannot
be browsed on this website, these previous editions of The World Factbook
are available for download:
Factbook
on Intelligence
- Single .Zip file
for all users: fboi.zip
(17.9 MB)
- After unzipping
this file into the folder or directory you created for the publication,
use a file manager to navigate to the folder or directory. Find and
double-click the index.html file to open and begin using the
Factbook on Intelligence.
- Download text-only
version: fboi_text.zip
(31 KB) or textonly.htm
(100 KB)
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