《世界年鉴》创刊于1868年,全称是《世界年鉴与事实手册》(the worldAlmanae and Book of Faets)。现由斯克里普斯·霍华德下属的法罗斯图书公司出版。除于1876—1886年曾一度停刊外,虽历经版权的变化,却坚持一百余年出版至今,成为美国出版历史最悠久,使用率最高的年鉴。它创造了世界上年鉴的最高销售记录,到1990年总销售量已达5400万册,被《纽约 The Yearbook of the World was first published in 1868, the full name of the world Almanae and Book of Faets. Now published by Faros Books, a division of Scripps Howard. Except for once ceased publication from 1876 to 1886, despite its changes in copyright, it has been published more than 100 years ago and has become the most widely published and most frequently used yearbook in the United States. It created the highest sales record for the Yearbook of the world, with total sales reaching 54 million in 1990 and being "New York