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Electronic version of the Index to International Statistics (IIS). Includes abstracts, 1983-present.

The UW subscription also links to full-text publications of U.S. Federal agencies, part of the listing in the American Statistics Index (ASI), 1995-present. It partially continues Statistical Masterfile, 1990-Sept. 1998, available at the CD-ROM networked stations in the U.W. Library.

Census Dates for Countries and Areas of the World From the U.S. Census bureau, this site lists the world's censuses by date.
Global Statistics From the United Nations, this site lists links to UN statistics and statistics from member states and international statistical agencies.
Infonation From the United Nations, this site allows you to generate statistical and comparative tables on any of their member countries in just two steps.
International Programs Center (IPC) Part of the U.S. Census Bureau, the IPC conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies around the world, commissioned by federal agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and other governments. A timed population clock and HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database is available along with the: INTERNATIONAL DATABASE (IDB) (a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 areas of the world) and Publications & Reports on a variety of population issues.
OffStats: Official Statistics on the Web From the University of Auckland, this site divides statistical sites by comprehensive agency, country and topic.
Reference Aids From the United States' CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), here are links to such statistical publications as the: Handbook of International Economic Statistics; China's Economy in 1995?97; Cuba Handbook of Trade Statistics, 1999; International Terrorism in 1997: A Statistical View; and Heroin Movement Worldwide.
Statistical Agencies Countries' official statistical agency web stites are listed alphabetically.
Statistical Data Locators From the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, this site lists some links not seen in others. Links are divided by geographic region.
Statistical Resources on the Web: Foreign Government Data Sources From the University of Michigan Documents Center, government statistical web sites are grouped by comprehensive sources and by country name.
Statistics Canada's "Other Statistical Web Sites" Links to international statistical web sites.
Web-Servers at Statistical Agencies From Statistics Norway, this is an alphabetical country list of statistical web sites, including sites for those countries not listed in the UN or American web pages, such as Cuba, Slovakia and Slovenia.
World FactBook From the United States' CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), find basic demographic, economic and other data on any country.
World Population Information World population information, including past counts and forecasts.


A co-operative effort of government information librarians: Helene LeBlanc (WLU), Susan Moskal (UW), Marina Wan (UW)
October 2003