Country Profiles

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 and video clips from BBC archives.

A collection that contains nearly fifty country profiles as part of the broader “Country Studies” series. Written between 2004 and 2008, the profiles offer brief summaries of a country’s history, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications systems, government and political structures, and national security.

All of the world's currently enforced constitutions, indexed by topic. 

 A nonprofit and non-governmental purpose to take action to combat global[1] corruption with civil societal anti-corruption measures and to prevent criminal activities arising from corruption. Its most notable publications include the Global Corruption Barometer and the Corruption Perceptions Index. TI serves as an umbrella organization. 

United NationsDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division Country Profiles 

Economics of the world's countries.

V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) is a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy.

Foreign Policy. Just as natural elements are scattered around the planet in varying degrees of abundance or scarcity, their salient characteristics are elegantly captured in the periodic table of elements.

World Bank Group

Based on test results of 2.1m adults in 116 countries & regions

Developed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the World Factbook offers updated country profiles providing information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 267 world nations. The website provides a comprehensive collection of world maps that can be freely downloaded. Also includes a Guide to Country Comparisons. Categories include, geography, people and society, the economy, communications, transportation and military. Information can be downloaded into data files.

United NationsDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division Country Profiles 

 A nonprofit and non-governmental purpose to take action to combat global[1] corruption with civil societal anti-corruption measures and to prevent criminal activities arising from corruption. Its most notable publications include the Global Corruption Barometer and the Corruption Perceptions Index. TI serves as an umbrella organization. 

A report from the U.S. Department of State that describes the risks and recommended precautions for U.S. citizens—not foreign nationals—in a foreign destination. The Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas

Freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people

Radar spikes reveal characteristics of transformation in one particular country. 

The Global Competitiveness Report series has since its first edition aimed to prompt policy-makers beyond short term growth and to aim for long-run prosperity. 

The chart shows that life expectancy has more than doubled in every region of the world. This improvement is not only due to declining child mortality; life ...

International Monetary Fund.

JuriGlobe

Country profiles prepared by World Bank staff are available for 157 nations. Sites provides direct links to the World Bank data catalog for each country along with access to the latest publications, news items, and development topics published by, or related to, World Bank operations.

Foreign relations by country.

A list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance, the United Kingdom is considered a single entity, while the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are considered separately. In addition, this list includes certain states with limited recognition not found in ISO 3166-1. Also given in a percentage is each country's population compared with the world population, which the United Nations estimated at 8.232 billion as of 2025.[

Access and explore human development data for 193 countries and territories worldwide.

Health of the world's countries.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) describe broad patterns in perceptions of the quality of governance across countries and over time.

UNODC collects data on crime and the operation of criminal justice systems in order to make policy-relevant information and analysis available in a timely manner to the international community.

The chart shows that life expectancy has more than doubled in every region of the world. This improvement is not only due to declining child mortality; life ...

Set of Fragile States Index data from 2007-2021. 

Choose a country from each dropdown list to compare population, area, and other facts.