How do I find statistics?

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

A list of links from the United States Census Bureau.

NationMaster.com allows users to build charts that measure and compare countries on a wide range of information. There are approximately 4,350 statistics available, culled from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, the World Health Organization, UNESCO, the United Nations, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an international organization designed to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. They offer comprehensive datasets that include statistics about population, education, environment, finance, and more, for all the countries in the world.

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the statistical branch of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The Institute produces the data and methodologies to monitor trends at national and international levels. It delivers comparative data for countries at all stages of development to provide a global perspective on education, science and technology, culture and communication.

Data on international populations and related topics, provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Some data available from 1950 to the present.

The World Bank offers datasets on many different indicators, for all countries and economies.

Maddison historical data covers population by country, GDP, and GDP per capita back to 1820. This data is grouped by region and can be downloaded for the last 30 years or in its entirety.

This eBook provides organized sets of economic statistics that allow easy comparison across countries and over time. (Available through EBSCO.)

This webpage provides access and references to historical merchandise trade data for the years 1900-1960 from the Trade Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large international datasets easy to access, explore, and visualize. Choose from a variety of statistical topics.

To assist Member States combat illicit drugs, crime, and terrorism, the UN Office on Drugs & Crime identifies, analyzes and monitors global drug and transnational organized crime threats.

NCES supports a variety of activities to provide statistical data for cross-national comparisons of education. Developing indicators and conducting international assessments and surveys are two main area of activities.

The World Bank Education Projects Database comprises data on approximately 128 education activities, 110 countries and 442 projects from fiscal year 1998 to 2013.

AIDS.gov assembles national and international HIV/AIDS-related statistics gathered from departments and agencies in the United States Federal government.

The Pan American Health Organization is the specialized health agency of the Inter-American System and serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). Together with WHO, PAHO is a member of the United Nations system.

Data here cover health systems, disease prevention, reproductive health, nutrition, and population dynamics. Data are from the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and various other sources.

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

UNCTAD compiles, validates and processes a wide range of data collected from national and international sources. Most of the time series cover long periods, with some dating back to 1948, for almost all economies of the world.

The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data according to the Open Data Terms of Use. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports and other resources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

Browse international data and create custom tables related to forms of energy including electric, coal, renewable energy, and more.

Statistics from the International Labour Organization.

The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Data included in the ARDA, currently housed in Pennsylvania State University, are submitted by religion scholars and research centers worldwide.

UNICEF is the leading UN agency responsible for the global monitoring of the child-related Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF measures the situation of children and women and tracks progress through data collection and analysis. It maintains and updates global databases and promotes dissemination of evidence-based data for planning and advocacy.

From the United Nations Statistics Division, these reports focus on sex-disaggregated statistics in such areas as demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, human rights and decision-making.