The World Factbook - Entities Listed

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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