The CIA World Factbook, longtime global reference manual, was unceremoniously discontinued earlier this year.

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone (Laurie Kellman, AP, Apr 5, 2026)

Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell (CIA, Feb 4, 2026)

CIA terminates its World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime (Harmeet Kaur, CNN, Feb 5, 2026)

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