Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
International
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SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers… Read more.
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Tables available online in both Excel and PDF format. MDL also holds a copy on CD-ROM; contact us for access.
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The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) 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.The U.S. data in PRB's… Read more.
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Includes: Vital statistics, population statistics (birth and death rates, density), statistics on urban/rural population. Annual, by region of the world. Gos back to 1948. Data available in PDF and Excel formats.
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Since 1984, The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program (formerly Measure DHS) has provided access to more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries, advancing global understanding of health and population trends in developing countries.
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The Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) is an interactive web-based platform presenting global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and cancer research. The platform focuses on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the… Read more.
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A list of country rankings based on indicators that try to measure different characteristics of countries around the world. Most of these rankings are ongoing and recurring. Be careful when using these indexes because they often measure qualities… Read more.
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Links to country statistical yearbooks or similar collections (census, "facts and figures," etc.) for 143 countries worldwide.
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CESSDA provides large scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences, having evolved from a network of European data service providers into a legal entity and large-scale infrastructure under the auspices of the European… Read more.