Entities Listed
As of July 2011, The World Factbook consists of 267 entities. These entities can be divided into categories. They are:
- Independent countries
- This category has independent countries, which the CIA defines as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory". In this category, there are 195 entities.
- Others
- The Other category is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. Currently there are two: Taiwan and the European Union.
- Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
- This category is a list of places affiliated with another country. They may be subdivided into categories using the country they are affiliated with:
- Australia: six entities
- China: two entities
- Denmark: two entities
- France: eight entities
- Netherlands: three entities
- New Zealand: three entities
- Norway: three entities
- United Kingdom: seventeen entities
- United States: fourteen entities
- Miscellaneous
- This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are six entities.
- Other entities
- This category is for the World and the oceans. There are five oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other entries).
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