Data Librarian
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Contact the Reference Librarians online
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Cross-National Data
- WDI: World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
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Statistical data for development indicators and time series data for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Covers 1960 - present.
Note: For data documentation, see the print reference book: World Development Indicators, at call number Ref HC 59.15 .W656.
Cross-National Data
- United Nations Demographic Yearbook
- Print in Library: Ref HA17 .D45
- Downloadable editions
- Search UN Demographic Statistics
- World Population Data Sheet (Population Reference Bureau)
- Report with tables, definitions, and sources
- Datafinder lets you view data from multiple population data sheets
- Population Trends and Prospects (United Nations)
- World Development Report (World Bank)
- Downloadable editions
- Print in Library: Ref HC59.7 .W659
- World Health Organization Statistics
- Regional
- IPUMS InternationalSample public use microdata for censuses of over 100 countries. Consult the samples list to see what is included.
- Human Mortality Database (HMD)
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Detailed population and mortality data for 37 countries and areas, freely available to the public. A collaborative project between the University of California, Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
