Produced by the C.I.A. Excellent links to a range of population resouce sites.
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Population and Health Data
This database contains data on 85 demographic variables for 221 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole.
* Total Population | . . see also . . Population
of Cities (UN)
* Population Growth Rate
* Population Projections, 1950, 2000, 2015, 2025, 2050
* Birth Rate
* Death Rate
* Migration Rate
* Life Expectancy | . . see also . . Healthy Life Expectancy
* Population Density
* Infant Mortality
* WHO ranking of the world's health systems
* World's Most Populous Cities
* Most Spoken Languages
The
twenty most populous countries in 1950, 1999 and 2050
United Nations.
Population
trends of the three largest countries and the world, 1950-2050
United Nations.
A range of population websites.
A range of links to world population sites.
A wide selection of population sites.
The list above provides a variety of population-related links. Some of the specialist links use the word DEMOGRAPHY when talking about population.
InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
This page allows you to obtain population pyramids (graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex) for any country.
Life
and Death the Facts. A New Internationalist Article.
World population is still growing - though at slower rates. Far fewer children are dying in their first five years of life than was the case a generation ago. But the gulf between rich and poor remains vast in this most vital of indicators - life itself.
A link to Scalloway's excellent notes on population.
Use this table to find the biggest, most crowded, and the richest nations of the world. Click on any column header to resort the nations by that category.
Alphabetical lists of birth rates by country.
Alphabetical lists of death rates by country.
stage 1: high birth and death rates
stage 2: declining death rates
stage 3: declining birth rates
stage 4: low birth and death rates
Birthrates are falling, but it may be a half-century before the number of people, and their impact, reaches a peak.
Life
expectancy at birth (1998)
An up to date life expectancy world atlas based on data from the United Nations Development Programme.
Calculate
Your Life Expectancy
In order to receive accurate results - please answer all of the questions and then select "Calculate Your Life Expectancy". Experiment with this and see how changes in your lifestyle can affect your Life Expectancy.
