World Factbook & Atlas HD9.8 - App Store

The World Factbook & Atlas is an invaluable resource for those seeking accurate and up-to-date information on the nations of the world. With details on over 250 countries and territories, this app offers concise, well-organized profiles covering topics such as natural resources, industries, GDP, religion, ethnic groups, legal systems, and much more.

In addition to country profiles, The World Factbook & Atlas includes fascinating chapters on our changing planet, oceans, and areas of the world whose status has not yet been resolved, such as the West Bank and the Spratly Islands.

Key data is grouped under the headings of introduction/background, geography, people, government, economy, environment, energy, space, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. The World Factbook & Atlas is a must-have app for anyone with curiosity or concern about the rapidly changing world we live in.

KEY FEATURES:

Up-to-date Information: The World Factbook & Atlas database is regularly updated, providing the latest and most accurate information available. Best of all, updates are free of charge.

Comprehensive Coverage: In addition to detailed country profiles, The World Factbook & Atlas also features interesting chapters on our changing planet, oceans, and areas of the world whose status has not yet been resolved. This comprehensive coverage ensures that you have access to a wealth of information at your fingertips.

Offline World Atlas: With a built-in high-resolution offline world atlas, you can access the app's information anytime, anywhere, without needing an internet connection. This makes it an ideal resource for those on-the-go or traveling to areas with limited connectivity.

Country Comparison Function: The app's country comparison function allows users to quickly and easily view how countries rank in different categories, providing a valuable resource for those looking to compare nations side-by-side.

Widely Used and Trusted: The World Factbook & Atlas database is widely accepted and used by many government agencies, businessmen, students, and others around the world, with hundreds of thousands of users relying on it for their information needs.

User-Friendly Interface: The app's fast look-ups, snappy user interface, and smooth-scrolling screens make it easy and enjoyable to use, while the editable history/bookmarks function ensures that you can keep track of the information you need.

Privacy and Security: The World Factbook & Atlas app is designed to protect your privacy and security. The app does not collect any user data, so you can use it with confidence, knowing that your information is safe. Additionally, the app is offline, so your searches remain safe and secure on your device.

Version History Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements. 9.8 02/18/2025 Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements. 9.6 12/20/2024 Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements. 9.4 01/15/2024 - Resolved an issue where the app would launch to an empty screen upon opening
- Optimized app performance for a seamless user experience
- Content update 9.2 05/01/2023 • Database updates
• Minor bug fixes 8.8 03/17/2019 • Enhanced for iOS 12
• Database updates 8.62 01/03/2019 • Enhanced for iOS 11
• Ready for iPhone X
• Updated country databases
• Bug fixes 8.04 12/05/2017 Content update
Minor bug fixes 7.8 02/07/2017 The World Factbook database has been updated with several new entries and sections reflecting the latest information:

The Transportation section now includes two new fields related to a country’s air transport program. The lead-off entry “National air transport system” has subdivisions on the number of air carriers registered in a country and the number of aircraft they operate, as well as the number of passengers and the amount of freight they carry in a given year. The other new field, “Civil aircraft registration country code prefix,” describes the codes displayed on civil aircraft to identify nationality.

A “Population distribution” field - describing the dispersion of the populace within a country - has been introduced for all of the countries of Europe under both the ‘Geography’ and ‘People & Society’ categories. The countries of the Western Hemisphere were previously introduced

In the People and Society section, a "Demographic profile" field has been added to all 56 countries making up the African continent and its surrounding islands. This entry provides a snapshot of the demographic features and trends within a country and how they vary among regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic sub-populations. Some of the topics addressed are population age structure, fertility, health, mortality, poverty, education, and migration.

The World Factbook is pleased to announce a new “Population distribution” entry describing the dispersion of the populace within a country.

A country modifying its name does not occur very often but it did happen recently. Following UN and US State Department notification, the Czech Republic officially changed its English short-form name to Czechia as of 1 July 2016. Where appropriate, this change has been entered into The World Factbook database. 7.6 11/24/2016 - iOS 9 support

- iPad Pro support

- Split View and Slide Over multitasking support

- The World Factbook database has been updated with several new entries and sections reflecting the latest information:

Under the Transnational Issues > “Refugees and internally displaced persons” field for Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia, estimates have been added for the total number of recently arrived refugees and migrants. While it is impossible to specify how many of these people are refugees or what their country of origins are, these numbers at least present a rough estimate. People will, naturally, continue to keep moving around within Europe and new numbers will arrive, so the totals will be constantly changing. We will update our estimates on at least a monthly basis.

Maritime piracy continues to be a concern in certain areas of the world. While successful pirate attacks have decreased off the East African coast, they have become more widespread off West Africa. Attacks in the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea also persist. Further details addressing piracy may be found in the "Transportation note" under the World entry, as well as under various countries bordering the Indian Ocean, and entries for Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Under the Geography category, the “Land use” field has been expanded to include agricultural land, forest land, and ‘other’ land uses. The revised entry also breaks agricultural land into its constituent parts of arable land, land under permanent crops, and land that is in permanent pastures and meadows. The ‘other’ land use grouping includes urban areas, wetlands, and barren land where the climate and soils do not support vegetation.

In the Government category, the entry for “National symbol(s)” has been expanded to include information on national colors. In most cases these are colors found on the national flag, but this is not always the case.

In the Government category, the first part of the "Legislative branch" field was thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated for all countries under a new "description" heading. This subentry includes the legislative structure, the formal name(s), the number of legislative seats, the types of voting constituencies and voting systems, and the member term of office. 7.4 03/03/2016 Database updates 7.2 12/31/2014 Database updates
Bug fixes for iOS 8 7.0 10/04/2014 Important update for iOS 7.1 6.02 03/13/2014 - Rebuilt from the ground up for iOS 7
- New app icon
- Database updates:

In the People and Society category, several important new demographic fields have been included: "Mother's mean age at first birth," "Contraceptive prevalence rate," and "Child labor - children ages 5-14." "Dependency ratios" - which are a measure of the age structure of a population and which relate the number of individuals that are likely to be economically "dependent" on the support of others - have also been added - after the "Age structure" entry.

In the Transnational Issues section, the "Refugees and internally displaced persons" entry has a new 'stateless persons' subfield. Statelessness is the condition whereby an individual is not considered a national by any country.

The Economy category has two new fields. "GDP - composition, by end use" shows who does the spending in an economy: consumers, businesses, government, and foreigners. "Gross national saving" shows how much an economy saves on its own, and how much it could invest, in the absence of any foreign investment.

In the Geography section, the "Freshwater withdrawal" entry has been updated with the latest available data. For many countries, the use and consumption of freshwater is difficult to quantify yet it is a vital resource often under stress.

The expansion of the "Ports and terminals" entry was recently completed in the Transportation section for all countries.

In the Government category, the "Constitution" entry was recently thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated for all countries and now includes dates of previous constitutions, dates of constitution development and enactment, and amendment dates.

In the Economy sections of most countries the macroeconomic numbers have been updated with the most recent data available. 6.0 02/05/2014 5.2 05/22/2013