Numbers, anyone?

Looking for international statistics? Country info? The United Nations may have just the numbers you need!

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There are several United Nations statistical databases available free (for non-commercial use) online at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/databases.htm:

  • Census Knowledge Base
    The Census Knowledge Base, a fundamental part of the resource centre for the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme, is a repository of documents relevant for the field of population and housing census taking. more…
  • Common Database (UNCDB)
    UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas. more…
  • Demographic Yearbook system
    Statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce, more…
  • Distat, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database
    Basic statistics on human functioning and disability, more…
  • Good practices database
    View this valuable source of information in good practices in official statistics, more…
  • InfoNation
    Experience this global learning project for middle and secondary students with statistical information on countries. more…
  • Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI)
    View the monthly oil data for the countries reporting to UNSD, more…
  • Millennium Indicators Database
    48 indicators, to measure progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Declaration development goals. more…
  • National Accounts Main Aggregates Database
    Contains a complete and consistent set of time series of main national accounts aggregates from 1970 onwards, more…
  • Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants
    Population of city proper urban agglomeration, more…
  • Population and housing censuses: census dates
    Population and housing census information, more…
  • Population and Vital Statistics on Internet
    Quarterly report on the latest census and mid-year population; latest vital statistics of births, deaths and infant deaths, more…
  • Service Trade Statistics
    UN ServiceTrade, the United Nations database with Statistics on International Trade in Services, contains annual detailed trade in services data. more…
  • Social Indicators
    Tables with social indicators covering a wide range of subject matter fields such as education, housing, health, water, more…
  • Statistics and indicators on women and men
    Statistics and indicators on six specific fields of concern: population, families, health, education, work and politics and human rights, more…

On the same web page you’ll see a couple of subscription (“restricted”) databases also, which are not available. However, the University Library’s first-floor Periodicals Collection does contain Monthly Bulletin of Statistics issues (which provide economic data for countries and regions) since 1971 (and a few other earlier years as well).

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

About Barbara

I am a Reference & Instruction librarian, head of that department in Andersen Library, an associate professor, and a member of the General Education Review Committee and Faculty Senate. I've been working at UW-W since July 1, 1990.
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