International Government Guide

Statistics

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• Country Rankings by Population (US Census Bureau)
  Generate a list of countries in order based on total population. Coverage is from 1950 to 2050 (estimated).
• Country Summaries
  Summary data for individual countries on population, fertility, and mortality displayed in five-year intervals from 1995. Population pyramids (population by age range) can also be displayed.
• Data Tables by Country, Continent or Region (US Census Bureau)
  Generate statistics by country, continent or region: Population, Area, and Density; Crude Birth and Death, Net Migration, and Growth Rates, Births, Deaths, and Migrants; Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Rate, Infant Deaths, population by Age and Sex.
• EuroStat Statistics
  Provides access to European statistics on a variety of topics. Coverage is generally from 1970 to present.
• International Data Base (United States Census Bureau)
  Includes demographic data, country rankings, world population information, country summaries and population pyramids.
• International Financial Statistics (IFS)
  Provided by the International Monetary Fund, this database offers approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries, 1948 - present (data availability may vary by country and date). It includes exchange rates, fund accounts and main global and country economic indicators.
• International Statistical Agencies (United States Census Bureau)
  Direct links to national statistical agencies.
• National Government Statistical Web Sites
  The web sites of statistical agencies of countries may contain data, reports, statistical yearbooks, press releases, methodological guides, and other information of continuing interest to social scientists and historians. Approximately 150 web sites from Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Eurasia, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Oceania, Russia and Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia are included.
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Stat Extracts
  Contains statistics on a variety of topics such as agriculture, economics, health, labor, development, international trade and much more.
• Population Reference Bureau - Data Finder
  Database with hundreds of variables for the United States and the World. Display data as rankings, maps or bar graphs. Data is available on population, education, economics, health, environment and more.
• UN Data – Statistics
  An enormous, free database of statistical information gathered by the United Nations and related agencies. Includes data from more than 180 countries and from a diverse group of IGOs, including the FAO, UNESCO, UNDP and the WHO.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  The Data Centre contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication.The UIS collects the data for more than 200 countries from Member States and international organizations.
• UN Statistics
  Human Development Report (HDR) presents a wealth of statistical information on different aspects of human development.
  
• World Economic Outlook
  Provides projections and analysis of world economic developments. Includes data on prices, inflation, money supply, trade, interest rates, employment, earnings, labor costs and productivity. All data are shown by country, world region, or economies.
• World Population Information (US Census Bureau)
  Graphs and tables for population, growth rates, population change, fertility trends, and world population by age and sex. Coverage is from 1996 to present.

Books

• Statistical yearbook (United Nations)
  Data for more than 270 countries/territories on population, labor, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, mining, manufacturing, transportation, communication, tourism, finance, energy, wages and prices, and more.
• World Almanac and Book of Facts
  Annual. 1893 on. Good place to look for basic statistics before 1945.
• Statistical yearbook (UNESCO)
• Worldmark encyclopedia of national economies [electronic resource] Provides readers with a thorough understanding of the current and historical economic development of foreign nations. Arranged by country within broad geographic regions, this title provides accurate, in-depth analysis of each country's economic environment, reliable statistics on the country's current economic conditions, trends, and key demographics of the nation's citizens. The 198 entries employ consistent organization allowing users to easily locate, compare, and contrast data from one country to the next. Includes a glossary of terms, index, maps, charts, and graphs.
• Index to international statistics : IIS. (1983-2000)
• Commercial relations of the United States, statistical abstract for foreign countries for each year from 1873-1885
• Statistical abstract of foreign countries. Part I-III. Statistics of foreign commerce. October, 1909
• International historical statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2005
• International historical statistics: Europe, 1750-2005
• International historical statistics: The Americas 1750-2005
• Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific (1973-2007)
• Statistical indicators for Asia and the Pacific (1983-2003)
• Asia-Pacific population journal (1994-2006)
• Asia-Pacific in figures (1995-2006)
• Statistical abstract of the region of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (1981-2005)
• Statistical bulletin for Latin America (1964-1972)
• Statistical Year book for Latin America (1975-1984)
• Statistical standards and studies (Europe)
• European Marketing Data and Statistics (Europe)
• Basic statistics of the community (1963-1994) (Europe)
• Trends in Europe and North America : the statistical yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe (1995-2005)
• Eurostatistics, data for short-term economic analysis (1982-1999) (Europe)
• Annual abstract of statistics (1951-1996) (Great Britain)
• Annuaire statistique de la France (1952-2007) (France)
• Statistisches Jahrbuch deutscher Städte (1903-1933) (Germany)
• Annuaire de statistiques régionales (1977-1999) (Belgium)
• Annuaire statistique de poche (1966-1981) (Belgium)
• Annuaire statistique de la Belgique et du Congo belge (1877-1994) (Belgium)
• Statistisk årbok (1964-1996) (Norway)
• Statistiske meldinger (1950-1959) (Norway)
• Soviet statistics since 1950 (1950-1991) (Soviet Union)
• Voprosy statistiki (1994-1999) (Russia)
• Statistical yearbook of the Republic of China (1975-2007) (China)
• Monthly bulletin of statistics, the Republic of China (1975-2002) (China)
• Statistical yearbook of the Republic of China (1975-2007) (China)
• Vital rates in India, 1961-1981 (India)
• Population and area of cities, towns, and urban agglomerations, 1872-1971 (India)
• Demographic and related socio-economic data sheets for countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (1993-2001) (Western Asia)
• Bulletin on vital statistics in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region (1998-2004) (Western Asia)
• The Arab world, Turkey, and the Balkans (1878-1914) : a handbook of historical statistics
• Turkey in statistics (1995) (Turkey)
• Statistical yearbook, Turkey (1980-1991) (Turkey)
• Iran statistical yearbook (2004-2005) (Iran)
• Vital rates in India, 1961-1981 (India)
• Population and area of cities, towns, and urban agglomerations, 1872-1971 (India)
• Detailed statistics on the population of South Africa, by race and urban/rural residence, 1950 to 2010 [microform] (South Africa)
• Population censuses and other official demographic statistics of Africa, not including British Africa (1950) (Africa)
• Population aging in Sub-Saharan Africa : demographic dimensions (2006) (Africa)
• Disease and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] (2006) (Africa)
• African statistical yearbook (1984-2007) (Africa)
• African socio-economic indicators (1984-1993) (Africa)
• Canada Year Book (1905-2001) (Canada)
• Official year book of the Commonwealth of Australia (1908-1972) (Australia)
• Year book Australia (1977-2004) (Australia)

For further assistance, contact:

• Marie Concannon, Government Documents Coordinator
• Sandy Schiefer, Government Documents Librarian