The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
A series of country and regional profiles presenting key indicators on education, literacy and science and technology. The profiles are updated automatically.
Click on the 'organizations' tab for a worldwide listing of organizations, including NGOs, with contact information. You can sort the list by area of activity and by country.
Official statistics produced by countries and compiled by the United Nations, as well as estimates and projections. Covers agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. Includes indicators such as Millennium
Brings together several data sources on current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. Data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location on global and regional maps.
Global maps scanned from CIA publications, as well as a good list of other maps. Especially strong collection of world city maps. Includes several guides on maps, tides, projections, and bibliographies.