BBC
Country Profile
Provides overview information on countries. In English.
CIA
World Fact Book
Includes information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, and so on. In English.
Country Briefings
Offers strategic business, financial, and political intelligence. In English.
Countries of
the World
Contains information on people, government, geography, transportation system and economy for each country. In English.
Economist Country Briefing
Provides news, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more on countries around the world. In English.
International Trade Data
System (ITDS)
Includes links provide extensive country information by various government agencies and other external sources. In English.
Library of Congress
– Portals to the World
Selective list providing selected Internet resources authoritative, in-depth information about each country compiled by the Library of Congress.
World
Bank Group’s Country Pages
Provides general information about the economy of each country, statistics and overviews of World Bank activities in the country.