[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":496},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-47114530":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":209,"shape":221,"grid":224,"attempts":458,"same_week":459,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":488,"reader_version":489,"card":490},"47114530","CIA World Factbook Archive","CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable","title","Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable","https:\u002F\u002Fcia-factbook-archive.fly.dev\u002F","cia-factbook-archive.fly.dev","MilkMp",1771793423,2026,496,99,52,4366,2,"legend","learning_science","public data archive","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"cia world factbook","country data archive","historical country statistics","factbook export","debated",0.086,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},17,8,1,13,39,{"execution":37,"idea":40,"docs":41,"performance":42,"design":43},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,9,{"positive":39,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":18,"critical":18},[45,38,38,46,38,38,33,38,46,46,46,46,38,38,46,45,45,45,46,33,45,38,33,46,33,38,46,46,33,38,33,33,33,45,46,38,47,46,33,45],3,5,4,"I built a structured archive of CIA World Factbook data spanning 1990–2025.\nIt currently includes:\n36 editions\n281 entities\n~1.06M parsed fields\nfull-text + boolean search\ncountry\u002Fyear comparisons\nmap\u002Ftrend\u002Franking analysis views\nCSV\u002FXLSX\u002FPDF export\nThe goal is to preserve long-horizon public-domain government data and make cross-year analysis practical.\nLive: https:\u002F\u002Fcia-factbook-archive.fly.dev\nAbout\u002Fmethod details: https:\u002F\u002Fcia-factbook-archive.fly.dev\u002Fabout\nData source is the CIA World Factbook (public domain).\nNot affiliated with the CIA or U.S. Government.",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":57,"motivation":63,"time_to_build":56,"stack":71,"openness":72,"stage":73,"team_size":74},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Preserves long-horizon public-domain government country data and makes cross-year analysis practical.","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",null,{"value":58,"source":52,"evidence":59},"Data is public domain; ETL scripts MIT licensed; web app proprietary.",[60],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"47116011","The data from the CIA World Factbook is in the public domain (being a U.S. Government work) and is free for anyone to use. The ETL scripts and data tools available in the GitHub…",{"value":64,"source":52,"evidence":65},"Preserve public-domain government data after the Factbook was reportedly shut down.",[66,67],{"id":55},{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"47116383","ggm","This is an archive of the service which is being shut down under the current WH administration?",[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":76,"objections":99,"requests":140,"questions":168,"alternatives":183},[77,89],{"value":78,"source":79,"evidence":80},"Valuable preservation of public-domain data","commenter",[81,85],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"47119213","Barbing","Wonderful project. Thank you for the preservation!",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"47116786","3eb7988a1663","Just an incredible service. Really appreciate that you put all of your backend work into the open.",{"value":90,"source":79,"evidence":91},"Trend and change analysis views are interesting",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"47118378","freakynit","This is crazy: https:\u002F\u002Fcia-factbook-archive.fly.dev\u002Fanalysis\u002Fchanges",{"id":97,"by":83,"text":98},"47119208","Whoh. >Albania Faces Europe's Sharpest Population Decline as Emigration Surges Just one example of an article I didn't see and never would have thought to look for without that…",[100,115,126,133],{"value":101,"source":79,"evidence":102},"Country link and search bugs (FIPS vs ISO codes) now fixed by maker",[103,107,111],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"47117745","roysting","Hi. Nice project. One issue though; if you go to the Factbook for any year[1], the link to the entry for “Germany”[2] will take you to the entry for the Gambia for every year I…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"47116431","ix101","Hi, thanks for this! Not sure if you're aware that clicking Australia goes to American Samoa, similar issue with some others that I encountered (Bahamas -> Burkina faso).",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"47116548","daveelkan","found a bug: Australia links to American Samoa in 2025 archive.",{"value":116,"source":79,"evidence":117},"Charts and population totals had parsing and double-count bugs",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"47117088","kshri24","There is a bug in the time series charts. Data needs to be normalized prior to charting. For example:…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"47118086","eddythompson80","Cool project. The world population seems to be double counted. I think https:\u002F\u002Fcia-factbook-archive.fly.dev\u002Fanalysis\u002Ftrends",{"value":127,"source":79,"evidence":128},"Site is hard to read due to small gray text and low contrast",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"47118949","dbg31415","This is one of the hardest sites I’ve ever tried to read. The pages are dense blocks of tiny gray serif text with default line height and almost no visual hierarchy. It feels…",{"value":134,"source":79,"evidence":135},"Slow loading for some users",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"47116028","nubg","Site loads very slowly for me. Tried various devices and networks. Same for a friend of mine overseas.",[141,148,155,162],{"value":142,"source":79,"evidence":143},"Bulk download of all data",[144],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"47115529","celeryd","Any way to download them all at once?",{"value":149,"source":79,"evidence":150},"Light mode option",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"47131900","oxfeed65261","This is fantastic! I would greatly appreciate an optional light mode \u002F non-dark mode. I know a lot of folks love dark mode, but I find it very hard to read. Thanks so much for…",{"value":156,"source":79,"evidence":157},"Show border and political changes over time",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"47115472","ronald_petty","I like the timeline feature. Maybe I need to spend more time, but to see political changes \u002F borders \u002F etc. would all be great! Keep up the good work.",{"value":163,"source":79,"evidence":164},"Share the corrected database and code mappings",[165],{"id":166,"by":94,"text":167},"47118427","To the author: In case you are patching fields\u002Fbugs in database (like country codes for example), would it be possible for you to share that database as well with us so we can…",[169,176],{"value":170,"source":79,"evidence":171},"Copyright status of the data",[172],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"47115974","nephihaha","What is its copyright status?",{"value":177,"source":79,"evidence":178},"Whether the archive remains relevant after Wikipedia",[179],{"id":180,"by":181,"text":182},"47123909","iririririr","Was it still relevant after Wikipedia? Honest question. edit: I mean, not the archive, that's golden! But a branch of usa propaganda being the stop gap provider on geographic data.",[184,191,201],{"value":185,"source":79,"evidence":186},"factbook\u002Fcache.factbook.json GitHub repository",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"47118374","1659447091","There is a github of the factbook for anyone that just wants JSON or markdown files:=> https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffactbook \"A cache for datasets for the country profiles from the World…",{"value":192,"source":79,"evidence":193},"Internet Archive and Wayback Machine copies",[194,197],{"id":195,"by":11,"text":196},"47115741","Glad I was able to get the original fact book data that other archivists have gathered over the years- Project Gutenberg (plain text), Wayback Machine (HTML zips and…",{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"47117920","toomuchtodo","Internet Archive has 2025-2026 in their possession, should make it into OpenLibrary eventually once scanned.",{"value":202,"source":79,"evidence":203},"Wikipedia",[204,208],{"id":205,"by":206,"text":207},"47115699","shevy-java","Hmm. 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