Demography and Population Resource Guide: International Websites

The official publication of the European Community providing free data collected through all agencies, including demographic, economic, social, trade, health, and energy.

The ILO is the "focal point to the UN for labour statistics."

The IMF is an organization of 184 countries, working toward monetary cooperation, financial stability, international trade growth, and sustainable economic growth. Includes financial and economic data by country and links to some full-text of the IMF World Economic Outlook. From the Data & Statistics page, find downloadable, global data. Access IMF data through the Sawyer Library's IMF Statistical Databases.

The UNECE Statistical Database provides free internet access to data organised by subject or policy areas. Allows creation of user-defined multi-dimensional tables of data by country, by various socio-economic classifications related to the context and time period.

Statistics Canada is the national statistical office. "The agency ensures Canadians have the key information on Canada's economy, society and environment that they require to function effectively as citizens and decision makers."

Selection of four population databases: Total Population, Urban/Rural Population, International Migrant Stock, World Population Policies.

United Nations Population Fund, is the largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programs. Issues covered include family planning, childbirth safety, and sexually transmitted diseases. The site offers the text of the State of the World Population Report 2007 and texts of other publications in PDF.

"The UN Statistics Division compiles statistics from many international sources and produces global updates, including the Statistical Yearbook, World Statistics Pocketbook and yearbooks in specialized fields of statistics." Links to some searchable databases, such as Demographic and Social Statistics Database, National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, and Millennium Development Goal. Only partial data is available to the public. News and updates are full-text.

The World Bank is a development Bank that provides loans, policy advice, and technical assistance to low and middle income countries. This site offers key data by country, covering population growth, development indicators, information technology, education, gender, health data, and more.

The World Health Organization in the United Nations agency for health. The Data and statistics page offers publications, documents and links to WHO's statistical materials. The WHO Global Infobase "is a data warehouse that collects, stores and displays information on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states"