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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://gi

by simonw 9mo 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 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/ https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/

s0rce 9mo ago
Looks more like 1995
- lambertsimnel 9mo ago
  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/summaries/AV-summary.pdf https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/attachments...
  - s0rce 9mo ago
    I meant the website looks like 1995
Wowfunhappy 9mo ago
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.html https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/geos/fr.htm... and then click "View 95 photos of FRANCE".
- simonw 9mo ago
  Yes, those were not included in the zip file.
  - lambertsimnel 9mo ago
    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.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/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.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/images/ 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/e926b79682b14cdf53638e3e48c23bbb/AF_006_large.jpg https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/e926b79682b14c...
mediumsmart 9mo ago
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?
- lambertsimnel 9mo ago
  It would be cool if you did make a torrent of it
  - mediumsmart 9mo ago
    done https://archive.org/details/factbook-2020 https://archive.org/details/factbook-2020

by simonw 9mo ago

s0rce 9mo ago

Looks more like 1995

lambertsimnel 9mo ago
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/summaries/AV-summary.pdf https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/attachments...
- s0rce 9mo ago
  I meant the website looks like 1995

Wowfunhappy 9mo ago

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.html https://simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/geos/fr.htm... and then click "View 95 photos of FRANCE".

simonw 9mo ago
Yes, those were not included in the zip file.
- lambertsimnel 9mo ago
  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.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/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.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/images/ 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/e926b79682b14cdf53638e3e48c23bbb/AF_006_large.jpg https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/e926b79682b14c...

mediumsmart 9mo ago

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?

lambertsimnel 9mo ago
It would be cool if you did make a torrent of it
- mediumsmart 9mo ago
  done https://archive.org/details/factbook-2020 https://archive.org/details/factbook-2020