WHAT IT CONTAINS

Country facts, including

- History (for most major countries)
- Geography
- Population (past, present and future projections)
- Government
- Economy
- Maps, Flags, and more

Country Ranks

Countries are ranked by land area, population and many other basic economic and demographic data. In some cases I calculated the ranks programmatically on the basis of the raw data presented on this web site.

The entire DOT, including thousands of job descriptions, which one can browse or search in a very user-friendly manner.

The Complete US Census 2000 Statistical Abstract, which consists of more than 1,700 statistical tables, presented in user-friendly, Google-searchable html format.

The entire set of statistics in the 2005 yearbook, which consists of nearly 700 statistical tables, as supplied by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, presented in user-friendly, Google-searchable html format.

The entire Grey's Anatomy book, in 314 web pages and 1247 drawings.

It defines terms commonly used in geology.

A glossary of terms used in the energy industry.

Complete information on all pharmaceutical drugs.

A coding scheme developed by the World Health Organization, listing all known diseases and injuries.

A glossary of temrs used in the human genome program.

Learn about diamonds. Included is a glossary of terms used in the diamond industry.

- Most Populous cities
- Most spoken languages
- WHO ranking of health care systems
- Photographs from various countries
- World Religions
- UN "Healthy Life Expectancy" figures
- My calculation of country ranks of 2000 Olympic medals per million population (not useful, but fun)
- RWP's Press Freedom Index
- ISO 2-digit country codes (the letters after the "." dot in domain names)
- IATA airport codes
- Seaport codes from UNECE
- and more

BREADTH, DEPTH AND SOURCES OF DATA

What is presented here is basic data on each country for each year from 1989 to the last available year (in addition to any older, historical information in the Library of Congress country studies). It is useful to those who wish to see a snapshot of country facts in a past year and to those interested in time series analysis.

Projections of future populations, up to 2050, are also included.

In addition to past and present CIA world fact books, I have added the history section of the Library of Congress country studies for the countries where such studies exist.

Additional data came from the United Nations and other sources, as noted in the applicable section or page.

I made the CIA World Fact Book data for the years 1992 through 1995 available in spreadsheet format as well, and I plan to produce similar spreadsheets for later years. These spreadsheets make it much easier to produce ranking tables for selected countries, and to otherwise format and manipulate data.

PRESENTATION

Various components of this web site were developed over a period of years, beginning in 1995. Consequently the look and feel of various pages varies greatly. Additionally, the pages were hosted in different domains* of mine for whatever economy and expediency was compelling at the time. [*these include www.theodora.com, www.geographic.org, www.occupationalinfo.org, allcountries.org www.photius.com, www.workmall.com, www.immigration-usa.com, www.zhfacts.com, and www.greekorthodoxchurch.org] Yet, in spite of the lack of uniformity of appearance, the data are presented in a relatively consistent manner. Furthermore, a visitor who explores them will see how the site -- and my own skills -- evolved, from the nostalgic, text-based, primitive look of old to the fancier presentation of early 21st century web.

WHY I DEVELOPED THIS WEB SITE

Having lived on four continents, studied for what seems a lifetime and worked in a wide variety of organizations -- from Wall Street to transportation, from telecommunications and manufacturing to government -- there came a time for my middle age lifestyle change. Others went from an executive career to a farm. I went into developing and publishing informational web pages, living off the income from ads, such as those at the bottom of this page.

USE OF MY FLAG AND MAP IMAGES

See instructions for saving an image to your hard drive at the bottom of this page.

Terms for use of the flags at http://www.theodora.com/flags and the maps at http://www.theodora.com/maps and their mirror sites.

(See 3 below for FREE USE ON WEB PAGES).

1. You can use the images off line, on presentations, school work and brochures, free of charge, with one the following attributions:

"Flags courtesy of www.theodora.com/flags used with permission" OR

"maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission"

2. You can also use them free of charge on commercial publications, provided that the following attribution appears on the same page as each image used.

"Flags courtesy of www.theodora.com/flags used with permission"

"Maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission"




3. For FREE use on a web page

A. Attribute to us, from anywhere on the page, with a link back to the the site, using the following html code (substitute "maps" for "flags" where appropriate).


<!Begin Link to Flag Page-->
<br>
Flags courtesy of <a href="http://www.theodora.com/flags">Flags of All Countries</a> used with permission.
<br>
<!End Flag Link-->

When displayed, the above code will read:

Flags courtesy of http://www.theodora.com/flags used with permission.

If you wish to place a graphic on you page, use this one with a link back to www.theodora.com/flags

B. After completing step A, please notify us, noting the URL address of YOUR web page(s) by sending us e-mail.



My flag and map images now appear on thousands of websites. Here are 

some pages with typical free usage of my images and proper attribution.

   http://www.ume.maine.edu/~international/WOW.htm
   http://www.acmemfg.com/home.htm
   http://www.op.org/international/francais/Liens/index.htm
   http://www.todolondres.com/htdocs_eng/new_eli.asp
   http://www-mtl.mit.edu/Courses/6.050/2004/unit3/index.html
   http://www.catholicparishes.net/home/
   http://member.melbpc.org.au/~diallen/
   http://www.hannupaaso.com
   http://www.ppyc.org/americascup.htm
   http://communities.msn.com/PoliticalBattlezone
   http://www.oldadirondack.com/dealers/ 
   http://jsoo.home.mindspring.com/croquetnc/ncopen/   
   http://www.sdc.on.ca/Demos/MultiEB/Default.htm
   http://www.op.org/international/francais/Moniales/monasteres.htm   
   http://www.easternyc.org/99reedbarton/umpires.html
   http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/euro_flags.htm
   http://bsuvc.bsu.edu/~cacochran/
   http://www.vista1.de/insellust/o.htm
   http://www.speartravels.page.co.uk

       ---- SPANISH VERSION OF LINK TEXT ----


Banderas gentileza de www.theodora.com/flags.


       ---- FRENCH VERSION OF LINK TEXT ----


Drapeaux gracieusement offerts par www.theodora.com/flags.





       ---- GERMAN VERSION OF LINK TEXT ----




Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der www.theodora.com/flags.




       ---- ITALIAN VERSION OF LINK TEXT ----


Le bandiere sono riprodotte per gentile
concessione di www.theodora.com/flags.

4. For unattributed placement on a web site, please contact me via email or by telephone at +1(845)434-8500.
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To download an image in Netscape, you can RIGHT-click the image and choose "View Image". After the image is displayed alone on the web browser choose File/Save Page As from the menu at the top to save the image in your hard drive, or File/Print to print it.

To download an image displayed in MS Internet Explorer web browser:

1) If a flag image is not a link, then you can RIGHT-click and choose Save_As.

2) If the flag is a link, then RIGHT-click and choose PROPERTIES. Highlight/copy the URL address, then paste it to your web browser address box. Then use 1) to save the image.

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CUSTOM MADE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES OF MAPS AND FLAGS

If you need custom made high resolution images for printing, send me a request via the feedback form.

Here is an example of a high resolution map.

And an example of a high resolution image of a flag, and another flag.

Photius Coutsoukis