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Country Studies (Library of Congress) "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"

Country Briefings (Economist.com) "News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more"

Country Profiles (BBC News World Edition) "Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives."

Countries of the World (InfoPlease) "Each Country Profile provides information on: Geography · Maps · Flag · History · Current ruler · Area · Population · Capital · Largest cities · Languages · Ethnicity/race · Religion · Literacy rate · Economy · Government"

Geohive: Global Statistics "Geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more...population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities... some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena...."

International Database (U.S. Census Bureau) "A computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic data "A computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic data for 228 countries and areas of the world"