Basic country profiles and statistics compiled by the CIA.

A European organization that posts stats related to elections and voting behaviour; labour, employment and work; young people.

US government statistics for areas such as: general government; business and economics; defense and international relations; environment, energy, and agriculture; family, home, and community; geospatial data; health and nutrition; jobs and education; public safety and law; science and technology; and travel, transportation, and recreation.

A comprehensive guide to open government data sites from around the world.

US federal 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. Additionally, the project aims to assist policy makers, development agencies, and the poor themselves in designing interventions to reduce poverty.

The International Data Base (IDB) offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more. Estimates and projections of: Birth, death, and growth rates; migration rates, infant mortality, and life expectancy; fertility rates; total population and population by age and sex.

The Migration Policy Institute's Migration Data Hub showcases the most current national and state-level demographic, social, and economic facts about immigrants to the US; as well as stock, flow, citizenship, net migration, and historical data for countries in Europe, North America, and Oceania. Track historical immigration trends, see which global cities have the the largest immigrant populations, and learn more about refugee and asylum patterns.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has social and economic stats from around the world.

The United Nations Statistics Division, in its mission to promote the development of national statistical systems, has developed a central repository of country profiles of statistical systems. The country profiles include, among others, a brief history of the country's statistical system, legal basis, the statistical programme and much more.

Census is conducted every 10 years; 2010 is the most current census

UN Data provides access to numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points covering a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.

A large repository of World Bank data and research.

A database created by the United Nations Population Division that allows users to search for international population statistics.