- Country information has been updated as of 18 December 2003.
- For Rank Order pages and downloadable, tab-delimited rank-order
files, a Rank Order page for Highways has been added.
- Entries for Natural Gas - production, Natural Gas - consumption,
Natural Gas - exports, and Natural Gas - imports have been added
to the Economy category of each country.
The World Factbook 2003 printed version provides a "snapshot" of
the world as of 1 January 2003.
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