18 March 2006

Country Facts and Figures

I mentioned the Library of Congress Country Profiles in a previous post. Here are a few other new or newly updated resources that report country facts and figures:

National Trends in Population, Resources, Environmentand Development 2005: Country Profiles (UN Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Div., 2006) [text]

SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, Disarmament andInternational Security, Pocket-size Summary Editions (SIPRI) [access page]
- Available in 7 languages; made available March 2006.

The World Factbook 2005 (CIA) [text]
- Updated Jan. 2006

(Thanks to the Human Security Gateway and ResourceShelf for these references.)

Examples of other country resources that are updated regularly on the web:

Country Briefings (The Economist) [menu page]
- Update date displayed; some linked articles are subscription-access only.

Country Profiles (BBC) [menu page]
- Update date displayed.

Guía del Mundo (Instituto del Tercer Mundo) [menu page]
- Published biennially, no update date displayed.

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