Statistics: International statistics

The OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals

The International development database provides up to date comparative statistics and information on international development

Provides internationally comparable statistics on public and private social expenditure for OECD countries, from 1980 to 2005

Research & development statistics & science & technology indicators

Analyses the major trends and forces that shape short-term economic prospects & provides in-depth coverage of the economic policy measures required to foster growth and stable prices in Member countries

Demographic data from selected countries; World population information; Country rankings; Single country data; Population pyramids

ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community

Global statistical information

Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, culture and communication

Includes country rankings & world population information

Population statistics for all countries and the major agglomerations of the world

A summary and profile of disasters reported for a particular region including a summary of events from 1980 to September 2008, as well as the top 10 disasters

Comprehensive links to Japanese and international statistical bureaus. Many other bureaus also provide links to other statistics bureaus and related sites

The website of New Zealand's official statistical agency includes census and social data

The statistical office of the European Union. It provides the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions

Gateway to UK national statistics

The Global Poverty Mapping Project seeks to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live

From the US Census Bureau

The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations

Geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities

A guide to population information on UN system web sites

The gateway to statistics from over 100 US Federal agencies

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) data related to macroeconomics, gender, and transport for all of the countries in Europe

ILAB’s mission is to use all available international channels to improve working conditions, raise living standards, protect workers’ ability to exercise their rights, and address the workplace exploitation of children and other vulnerable populations

A central data source to graphically compare nations. Data comes from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD & you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics

Database from the University of Auckland lists official statistics sites around the world arranged by country, region or subject

Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organisation of the United States

A multilingual database containing over 1 million time series records covering agriculture, trade, land use and population

Economic statistics for the Asia Pacific region

A list of international papers and conference proceedings on statistics

Produced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format