Demographics and Statistics

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Demography and Statistics, generally

For sites on understanding and calculating statistics, see Statistics on my math page. For statistics on Internet users, see Internet demographics

• Statistics.com - Statistics in many subjects; courses in statistics (the latter for a fee)
• Finding Data on the Internet - Robert Niles' directory of statistics sites for journalists
• Finding Statistics - Research Guide (University of Michigan Library)
• Re3data - Registry of Research Data Repositories
• Stats.org - Articles on the use of statistics
• Zanran - Search the web for data and statistics

World Statistics

• United Nations Statistics - Statistics on every country in the world
• UN Data (UNdata)
• UN Population Division - Statistics on population, ages, genders, fertility, mortality, migration, etc.
• Demographics and Social Statistics
• World Statistics Pocketbook
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Statistics on education; literacy; science, technology, and innovation; culture; communication and information
• Google Dataset Search
• OffStats: Official Statistics on the Web - Official sources for statistics in every country (University of Auckland, N.Z.)
• Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web - Including sites for official statistics of other countries (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• City Population - Statististics for cities, urban agglomerations, and countries worldwide
• Data Store - Reusable data on topics in the news, U.K. emphasis (Guardian)
• Gapminder - International indicators; data can be downloaded and visualized in various ways
• International Data Base - Current and historical population figures for world nations (U.S. Census Bureau)
• NationMaster - Lots of statistics for comparing nations
• Population Reference Bureau - Information on world population, health, and environment
• World Bank Open Data
• Worldometers - Real-time world statistics
• U.S. and World Population Clocks (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Eurostat - European statistics
• Guide to Selected Population Resources on Government Web Sites (Princeton)

Migration, Immigration, Emigration:

• International Migration (United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division)
• Forced Migration Online (No longer updated)

Demography Indexes:

• Population Index - Through 2000

Developed Nations:

• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
• OECD Data
• Social and Welfare Issues

United States Statistics

• Statistical Atlas of the United States - Update of atlases that used to be published by the U.S. Census
• City-Data.com - Census data, weather, crime rates, schools, aerial photos, etc.
• Federal Government Statistics - Pathfinder from GODORT
• Fedstats - Statistics from 70 federal agencies
• Kids Count Data Center - Statistics on children's welfare in the U.S.
• Pew Research Social and Demographic Trends
• USA.gov: Data and Statistics

Historical Census Data:

• Historical Decennial Census Data (Census Bureau)

Immigration:

• Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - Annual statistics 1996 to date (Dept. of Homeland Security)