Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements.

Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements.

Bug fixes, content update, and performance improvements.

Bug fixes and performance improvements

• Database updates • Minor bug fixes

• Enhanced for iOS 12 • Ready for iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max • Database updates

• Enhanced for iOS 11 • Ready for iPhone X • Minor bug fixes

• Updated country database • Bug fixes

- Updated country database - iOS 10 support - Bug fixes

- Rebuilt from the ground up for iOS 8 - Support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus - New app icon - Database updates: In the People and Society category, several important new demographic fields have been included: "Mother's mean age at first birth," "Contraceptive prevalence rate," and "Child labor - children ages 5-14." "Dependency ratios" - which are a measure of the age structure of a population and which relate the number of individuals that are likely to be economically "dependent" on the support of others - have also been added - after the "Age structure" entry. In the Transnational Issues section, the "Refugees and internally displaced persons" entry has a new 'stateless persons' subfield. Statelessness is the condition whereby an individual is not considered a national by any country. The Economy category has two new fields. "GDP - composition, by end use" shows who does the spending in an economy: consumers, businesses, government, and foreigners. "Gross national saving" shows how much an economy saves on its own, and how much it could invest, in the absence of any foreign investment. In the Geography section, the "Freshwater withdrawal" entry has been updated with the latest available data. For many countries, the use and consumption of freshwater is difficult to quantify yet it is a vital resource often under stress. The expansion of the "Ports and terminals" entry was recently completed in the Transportation section for all countries. In the Government category, the "Constitution" entry was recently thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated for all countries and now includes dates of previous constitutions, dates of constitution development and enactment, and amendment dates. In the Economy sections of most countries the macroeconomic numbers have been updated with the most recent data available.

- iOS 7 compatible - Content update - Various health fields in the People and Society section - including "Hospital bed density," "Physician density," "Health expenditures," "Drinking water source," "Sanitation facility access," and "Children under 5 underweight" - have recently been updated for all countries. - In the Economy and Energy categories, the information and data for most of the fields have been updated. - Several Military fields have been updated including "Military branches," "Military service age and obligation," and "Military expenditures." - A new "Demographic profile" field is being introduced incrementally to The World Factbook; the entry provides a snapshot of the demographic features and trends within a country and how they vary among regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic sub-populations. Some of the topics addressed are population age structure, fertility, health, mortality, poverty, education, and migration. Countries introduced this week are those of Central and South America. - The "Refugees and internally displaced persons" field (in the Transnational Issues category) has been revised to reflect the latest available figures for each country. - The Transportation section has been updated for various West African, East African, South Asian, and Southeast Asian countries to reflect information on piracy incidents. The new information reflects a general decrease in the number of pirate attacks worldwide, especially in the waters off East Africa. The decrease in successful pirate attacks is due, in part, to more aggressive anti-piracy operations by international naval forces as well as the increased use of armed security teams aboard merchant ships.

- Content update - UI Improvements The World Factbook is adding a major new category. In light of the importance of the energy sector to the world's economy, The World Factbook has created a new Energy category. Some of the fields are based on the same entries used previously in the Economy category, but several contain entirely new data and definitions that have not previously appeared in The World Factbook. The fields for Electricity Flows (production, consumption, exports, and imports) remain the same as before, but there are now five new stock measures for Installed Electricity Generating Capacity, including total installed capacity (measured in kilowatts) and a percentage breakdown of the four main sources of that capacity: fossil fuel plants, nuclear plants, hydroelectric plants, and renewable fuel sources, such as solar and wind. In the oil sector, former fields have been disaggregated to show separate numbers for crude oil (production, exports, imports, and proven reserves) and refined petroleum products (production, consumption, exports, and imports). The definitions for each of the five natural gas fields are identical to what had previously appeared in the Economy category. Finally, a new field for "Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy" measures the total output of carbon dioxide from the consumption of all fuels. In total, the new category consists of 23 energy-related fields.

- Support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5 - Content update

- Country information has been updated as of 22 August 2012 - High-resolution (5726 megapixel) offline map added - In the People and Society section, the "Languages" entry has been updated for dozens of countries - Data have been updated with the latest data for several fields in the Economy section, including "GDP (purchasing power parity)," "GDP (official exchange rate)," "GDP - real growth rate," "GDP - per capita (PPP)," "Taxes and other revenues," "Budget surplus or deficit," "Exports - partners," and "Imports - partners" - In the Transportation category, the "Airports," "Airports - with paved runways," "Airports - with unpaved runways," and "Heliports" fields have all been updated with the latest available data - The "Military branches" and "Military service age and obligation" fields have been updated for all countries

- Database update - Results of recent legislative elections have been entered in the Government sections for Croatia, Guyana, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, and St. Lucia. - In the Economy section, various macroeconomic and finance fields have been updated with the latest available data. - The World Factbook is expanding! The People category is now People and Society and includes eight new fields: Health expenditures (as percent of GDP), Physicians density (per 10,000 people), Hospital bed density (per 1,000 people), Maternal mortality rate (deaths per 100,000 live births), Drinking water source, Sanitation facility access, Children under the age of five underweight (%), and Obesity - adult prevalence rate. Additionally, there is a new field in the Economy category, Unemployment, youth ages 15-24. The new datasets focus on the health and welfare of a country's population, and provide information relevant to a country's internal stability.

- Country information has been updated as of 20 November 2011 - The World Factbook is expanding! The People category is now People and Society and includes eight new fields: Health expenditures (as percent of GDP), Physicians density (per 10,000 people), Hospital bed density (per 1,000 people), Maternal mortality rate (deaths per 100,000 live births), Drinking water source, Sanitation facility access, Children under the age of five underweight (%), and Obesity - adult prevalence rate. Additionally, there is a new field in the Economy category, Unemployment, youth ages 15-24. The new datasets focus on the health and welfare of a country's population, and provide information relevant to a country's internal stability. - Most countries' major national representation(s) may now be be found in the new "National symbol(s)" field in the Government category.

- Country information has been updated as of 7 September 2011 - South Sudan became the world's 195th country following separation from Sudan on 9 July 2011. - Two new fields have been added in the Economy section, "Taxes and other revenues" and "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)". - A new entry "International law organization participation," has been added to the Government category - Data for many of the Economy fields have been revised to reflect the latest estimates. - In the Transportation category, the "Railways" field has been updated. - The piracy plague continues unabated. The "Transportation note" entry addressing piracy has been updated for various countries bordering the Indian Ocean, as well as for Nigeria and Brazil. - A number of the entries in the People category - religions, ethnicity, languages, and literacy - have recently been updated for many countries. - Under the Government category, in the "Capital" field, 'daylight saving time' has been updated for 2011. - Significant updates have been made to the "Pipelines" field in the Transportation category. - Canada recently renamed the three major components of its armed forces. These and other changes for Botswana, Cape Verde, the Gambia, Venezuela, and Yemen may be found under the "Military branches" entry. - Did you know that almost one-third of the world's countries are assigned annually to either a 'Tier 2 Watch List' or a 'Tier Three' status by the US State Department for their failure to adequately deal with their trafficking in persons problems? These countries are listed in the Transnational Issues category under the 'World' entry; detailed "Trafficking in persons" summaries - updated for 2011 - may be found under each of these countries' listings.

- Country information has been updated as of 22 April 2011 - The Indian Ocean island entity of Mayotte became an overseas department of France on 31 March. The change in status makes it an integral part of France and so its description is now included in the France country profile. - Japan's strongest-ever earthquake, and an accompanying tsunami, recently devastated northeast Japan, killing thousands and damaging several nuclear power plants. The "Economic overview" for Japan presents a preliminary survey of the calamitous situation. - In the Transportation section, both the "Waterways" and "Roadways" entries have been updated. - Now you can find out the size of a country's four largest cities, as well as its capital, in the new "Major cities - population" field, in the People section of a country entry.

- Country information has been updated as of 27 February 2011 - Significant updates entered under the Economy, People, Government and Communications categories. - All of the telephone-related fields, as well as all of the population entries, have been updated with the latest data. - In the Geography category, a new subfield, "volcanism," has been added under the "Natural hazards" field for countries with historically active volcanoes. - What airport handles the most passengers annually? Find out by going to the World entry, Transportation category, "Airports" field, and locating the top ten airports by passengers and by cargo. - What's the national anthem of Australia? Now you can find the name, lyricist, composer, and additional basic anthem info for every country in the world by visiting the new "National anthems" field in the Government section of the Factbook.

- Country information has been updated as of 09 November 2010 - In the People category, significant updates have been made to the "School life expectancy" and "Education expenditures" fields. In the Economy category, the "Stock of domestic credit" field has been updated. - The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles has resulted in two new World Factbook entries: the autonomous entities of Curacao and Sint Maarten (the remaining three islands - Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius - have joined the Netherlands as special municipalities). - In the Economy category, the "Stock of money" and "Stock of quasi money" fields have been updated and renamed as "Stock of narrow money" and "Stock of broad money" in keeping with the International Monetary Fund's new presentation of monetary data. This new format provides greater standardization of reporting and permits more consistent comparisons across countries. - In the Communications category, the "Internet hosts" field has been updated with 2010 data; - In the Economy category, new data have been added in the fields for "Central bank discount rate" and "Commercial bank prime lending rate." - In the Communications category, the former "Radio broadcast stations" and "Television broadcast stations" entries have been replaced by a new "Broadcast media" field that provides information on the approximate number of public and private TV and radio stations in a country, as well as basic information on the availability of satellite and cable TV services.

- iOS4 multitasking support - Retina display support - Country information has been updated as of 21 July 2010 - Country Comparison function has been added. It allows users to quickly view how countries rank in 72 different Factbook fields. - Many fields in the Economy category have been updated with the latest available annual data, including "Labor force," "Unemployment rate," "Budget - revenues and expenditures," "Public debt," "Inflation rate," "Current account balance," "Exports," "Imports," "Reserves of foreign exchange," and "Direct foreign investment." - The fields in the Economy category for "Stock of money," "Stock of quasi-money," "and "Market value of publicly traded shares" have been updated with the latest available data. - Significant updates entered under the Government, Economy, and Military categories.

- Country information has been updated as of 30 May 2010 - Major updates made to fields in the People, Government, and Military categories. - The 'World' entry continues to accrue "top ten" rankings; recent additions in the Geography category include the world's ten highest mountains and largest islands. The Transportation category lists the top ten airports (both by passengers and cargo) and container ports, as well as the ten longest rivers.

- Country information has been updated as of 21 April 2010 - The ongoing expansion of flag descriptions - to also include explanations of colors and symbols - is now complete for over two-thirds of the Factbook entries. - The fields in the Economy category have been updated with the latest available data.

- Country information has been updated as of 22 March 2010 - Significant updates introduced in the Government, Communications, and Transportation categories - Minor bug fixes

- Country information has been updated as of 6 February 2010 - The introductory Background statements have been updated or revised for dozens of countries -In the Economy category, information has been updated