| | | BBC News Country Profiles Overview of every country in the world with information on history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions with audio or video clips from BBC archives. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/ | | | CIA - The World Factbook Printed annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with information about the countries of the world with a summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies and other areas in the world. The online Factbook is updated periodically throughout the year. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ | | | China Though a Lens Chinese government sponsored information on population, current news, geography, trade statistics, telephone/postal codes, politics, agriculture and travel. In multiple languages. http://www.china.org.cn/english/ | | | Economist Counrty Briefings News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics from Economist.com. Offers forecast factsheet, economic data, political structure, political forces and
economic structure on each country listed. http://www.economist.com/countries/ | | | CountryReports.org Entirely web-based, we offer more than 26,000 pages of content covering a wide-range of topics such as customs and cultures, economy, geography, history, photo galleries, populations, government, leaning games and sections just for teachers. http://www.countryreports.org/ | | | Eldis Country Profiles Both regional and country profiles which you can browse or search by world area or location. Features weekly editor's featured article. http://www.eldis.org/country/ | | | Countries of the World 19 years of archives of the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations Statistical Office, The Library of Congress Country Studies and other sources. Searchable by year. Includes history, geography, population, government facts, maps, country flags and more. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/ | | | FCO's Country Profiles Country Profiles prepared by the FCO providing a general overview of individual countries. Includes information on the country's recent history, recent political developments, relations with the international community and bilateral political and commercial relations with the UK, along with links to other relevant pages on the FCO website. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365 | | |