Population Database

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: The United Nations Population Division database allows one to calculate and display past (back to 1950) and future (up to 2050) population statistics for all major regions of the world, the entire planet, and many specific countries. Basic data variables include: total population, population density, urban and rural populations (including both number and percentages). Detailed variables include: age group/groupings, sex, sex ratios, median age, population change, population growth rate, crude birth rate, crude death rate, net reproduction rate, total fertility rate, life expectancy at birth by sex, net migration, net migration rate, sex ratio at birth, births, births by age group of mother, age-specific fertility rates, women aged 15-49, death by sex, infant mortality, mortality under the age of 5, dependency ratios, and population aged by various 5-year ranges.

For descriptive information and limited statistical data, also see the Population Reference Bureau's Population Handbook, 5th ed. For the United States, see the following U.S. Census Bureau links:

• Decennial Census of Population and Housing, 1790 - 1890, 1970 - 2000
• National population estimates by demographic characteristics
• Population and Household Economic Topics
• Population Division Working Papers

Subject(s):
Environmental Studies
Publicly Available Resources
Social Sciences
Statistics (numeric data)

Related Databases
Statistical Warehouse

Related Links
CenStats Databases
International Data Base : World Statistics ** http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/tables.html **
Nationmaster ** http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php **
POPLINE ** http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/expert.html **
Population Index ** http://popindex.princeton.edu/ **
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. ** http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ **
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