Demographic and Social Data

Datasets collected by the United Nations on a variety of topics.

Statistical gathering agencies in foreign governments. Compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts.

The Central Intelligence Agency maintains a database that provides up-to-date information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Crime and violence statistics for countries around the world.

Statistics collected by the European Union on member states, covering a variety of topics.

The central clearinghouse for public data collected by the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Public opinion data on different issues and links to other sites from around the world.