basic requirements
complete edition
The complete edition contains all the country information available
in the compact edition in addition to appendixes, reference maps,
field cross-reference links, rank order pages, country profiles
for all fields, enlarged flag pages with descriptions, enlarged
country maps, and miscellaneous additional content.
You can download either the .pdb file directly or a much smaller compressed ZIP file. If you download the ZIP file, you must extract the .pdb file from the ZIP file after downloading.
compact edition
The compact edition contains a page for each country showing the
country's flag, map, and all information fields.
You can download either the .pdb file directly or a much smaller compressed ZIP file. If you download the ZIP file, you must extract the .pdb file from the ZIP file after downloading.