Country Profiles

 

CIA World Factbook.

          http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html   

 

U.S. Department of State.  Background Notes.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

World Bank Data

http://data.worldbank.org/country

 

Library of Congress.  Portals to the World.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

 

Library of Congress.  Country Studies  (check date of study)   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html               

 

Infonation. United Nations.  View and compare country data.   http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp         

 

Country Briefings:  Economist.com

http://www.economist.com/countries/

 

Information by Country.UNICEF.           

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html

 

World Health Statistics 2005.  World Health Organization.            

http://www3.who.int/statistics/

Other Rankings:
2009 Index of Economic Freedom. Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation. (Be sure to read about the criteria for the rankings.)
http://www.heritage.org/index/Ranking.aspx

Additional information about issues and events concerning a country can be found by checking the following databases:

 

Newsbank

Grolier Encyclopedias