Comment by simonw
1 day ago
I managed to pull a zip file archive of the 2020 edition from the Internet Archive - I've uploaded the contents of that zip file to this GitHub repo: https://github.com/simonw/cia-world-factbook-2020
And turned on GitHub Pages so you can browse it here: https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/
The Github Pages website seems to be missing a lot of images? For example, if I go to https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/geos/fr.htm... and then click "View 95 photos of FRANCE".
Yes, those were not included in the zip file.
Maybe some can be found in the Wayback Machine. This page says "view 71 photos" under "photos of France":
https://web.archive.org/web/20260103000011/https://www.cia.g...
Clicking the link seems to show 114 photos:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260103000011/https://www.cia.g...
I didn't see a way to get high-resolution versions.
Edit: This photo from Afghanistan is called "AF_006_large.jpg", but it's only 600x450:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/e926b79682b14c...
it seems I downloaded the zips 2000 - 2020 back in 2021 - they are 2.92GB total - should that go on a torrent? And does somebody have the older ones?
It would be cool if you did make a torrent of it
Looks more like 1995
The Anguilla summary has 2020 population data, but some of the data is indeed much older:
https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/attachments...
I meant the website looks like 1995