History :: The World Factbook

Added, Removed, Consolidated • Renamed • Other

Added, Removed, Consolidated

2011

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• South Sudan – added following independence from Sudan

2010

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• Curacao – added after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves
• Sint Maarten – ” “

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• Netherlands Antilles – dropped after the Netherlands Antilles dissolves

2008

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• Kosovo

2006

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• Serbia – added due to independence of Montenegro
• Montenegro – ” “

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• Serbia and Montenegro – dropped due to independence of Montenegro

2002

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• East Timor

1993

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• Czech Republic – added after Czechoslovakia splits
• Slovakia – ” “
• Eritrea – added upon independence from Ethiopia

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• Czechoslovakia – dropped after the country splits into the Czech Republic and Slovakia

1992

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replaced the Soviet Union

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

replaced Yugoslavia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Macedonia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovenia

(-)

• Soviet Union
• Yugoslavia
• Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone

Renamed

2014

• Cape Verde => Cabo Verde

2010

• Saint Helena => Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

2009

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands => South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

2007

• East Timor => Timor-Leste

2006

• Man, Isle of => Isle of Man

2004

• Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of => Macedonia

2003

• Yugoslavia => Serbia and Montenegro

2001

• Serbia and Montenegro => Yugoslavia

1998

• Western Samoa => Samoa
• Kazakstan => Kazakhstan – spelling change

1997

• Zaire => Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Congo => Congo, Republic of the

1996

• Kazakhstan => Kazakstan – spelling changed
• Burkina => Burkina Faso

1995

• Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) => Palau

1994

• Macedonia => The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

1993

• Vatican City => Holy See (Vatican City)
• Ivory Coast => Cote d’Ivoire

Others

2011

• Mayotte – dropped because the area is now an Overseas department and a part of France proper

2007

dropped because the area is now part of the Iles Eparses district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

• Bassas da India
• Europa Island
• Glorioso Islands
• Juan de Nova Island
• Tromelin Island
• Iles Eparses

dropped because the area is now an Overseas region and a part of France proper

• French Guiana
• Guadeloupe
• Martinique
• Reunion

added due to the fact the area is now an Overseas collectivity of France

• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Martin

2006

consolidated in Iles Eparses entry

• Bassas da India
• Europa Island
• Glorioso Islands
• Juan de Nova Island
• Tromelin Island

consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry

• Baker Island
• Howland Island
• Jarvis Island
• Johnston Atoll
• Kingman Reef
• Midway Islands
• Palmyra Atoll

2004

• Akrotiri – added because both Akrotiri and Dhekelia are dependencies and not lease areas
• Dhekelia – ” “
• European Union – added due to the fact the European Union has nation like qualities

2000

• Wake Atoll => Wake Island – renamed
• Southern Ocean – added

1999

• Wake Island => Wake Atoll – renamed

1988

• Antarctica – added
• Arctic Ocean – added
• Atlantic Ocean – added
• Indian Ocean – added
• Pacific Ocean – added
• World – added

Sources

• Wikipedia - List of entities and changes in The World Factbook
• The World Factbook - What’s New