LibGuides: Country Research: Demographics

Demographics

Most of the Country Profiles on the previous tab will list demographic information. This collection of resources is focused solely on demographic statistics and includes country comparisons, historical numbers and more detailed statistics than country profiles.

Web Links

UNdata
Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.
Demographic Yearbook
The United Nations Statistics Division collects, compiles and disseminates official demographic and social statistics on a wide range of topics.The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce, as well as respective rates, on an annual basis. The Demographic Yearbook census datasets cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing characteristics, ethnicity, language, foreign-born and foreign population.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Section 30. International Statistics- This section presents statistics for the world as a whole and for many countries on a comparative basis with the United States. Data are shown for population, births and deaths, social and industrial indicators, finances, agriculture, communication, and military affairs.

Compare and Rank Country Statistics

globalEDGE
In addition to the country profiles, globalEdge also includes a country comparison tool in the Tools and Data dropdown.