Country Information: Web Sites

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Demographic, historical, geographical and socio-economic information with comparative and ranked country data. A portion of the infoplease website.

LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Part of the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Published by the U.S. Department of State, these fact sheets outline key information about our diplomatic relations with countries around the world.

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD, with tools for graphically comparing national data.