{
  "date": "2026-11-02",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "CIA World Factbook, archived public-domain country facts",
      "url": "https://github.com/factbook/factbook.json",
      "note": "Archived dataset, predominantly 2025. CIA discontinued the publication on 4 February 2026."
    },
    {
      "name": "mledoze/countries and contributors",
      "url": "https://github.com/mledoze/countries",
      "license": "ODbL 1.0",
      "licenseFile": "world-countries-LICENSE.txt"
    },
    {
      "name": "World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL",
      "license": "CC BY 4.0",
      "note": "Values carry their reference year; gaps are not filled with invented contemporary estimates."
    }
  ],
  "countrySpecificSources": "See each country page and country-profiles-data.json"
}