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"Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues"

Compiled and maintained by the U.S. Department of State, "Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty."

"Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions." Also includes links to various media, including recent news stories.

The Atlas feature in the database Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) provides access to country profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit, which is "the world's leading resource for economic and business research, forecasting and analysis."

A project of the World Health Organization, the GHO presents statistics and analysis related to global health and includes profiles of individual countries.

Organized by the International Labour Organization's Department of Statistics, LABORSTA pulls to together labor statistics from countries around the world.

OFFSTATS is a site maintained by the University of Auckland (New Zealand) Library and presents links to official statistics available on the web. The "Browse" feature is most useful.

Country & regional profiles present statistics on key indicators. Pre-defined and custom tables can be accessed through the Data Centre

View data from over 1,200 indicators and 200 countries. Includes country profiles for quick snapshots of data