factbook.json/README.md

#  `factbook.json` - World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON 

What's the World Factbook?

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](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
- [2] [Wikipedia Article: The World Factbook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook)


## Examples

Europe/Austria - `at.json`: 

```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


## Build Your Own Up-to-Date Country Profiles

See the [`factbook`](https://github.com/worlddb/factbook.ruby)
command line tool and scripts for details.


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Thanks!