A continuously updated public reference maintained by the United States government, used here for continent and country-anchored population figures and physical geography summaries.
Facts
PublisherCentral Intelligence Agency
URLhttps://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Source Typegovernment-dataset
Reliability Tier1
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names United States directly: "public reference maintained by the United States government, used here for continent and country-anchored population figures and physical geography summaries."
Sources
Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)
This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 6 connected. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Bodies of Water, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 6 connected, 2 general references.
- Continents, 12 claims: 12 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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