Introduction to Comparative Politics: Sociodemographic

1000+ economic, social, environmental, and governance time series indicators (1960-current) across 200 countries and 18 country groups.

From the United Nations Development Programme, a composite index evaluating health, education, and living standards across the world's countries. 1990 - current.

Fertility and health surveys in Central America.

Quantitative data on American religion from the Pennsylvania State Department of Sociology.

146 countries at 5-year intervals, 1950-2010.

A list of data sources specific to developing countries from Duke's Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).

UNICEF's data on women and children including data from their core publications, The State of the World's Children and Progress for Children.

Huber, Ragin, Stephens et. al data on wages, salaries, public expenditures, more.

70 health indicators from 11 key sources across 200 countries, 1950-2050 (projections) from USAID.

Quality-of-life score for 111 countries based on health, material well-being, and other measures.

An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,909 known living languages

GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators which are presented in a ready-to-use format. The data sources range from national statistics, United Nations databases and conducted / funded surveys. Themes include: summary gender profile; thematic data; gender monitoring and data by regions. Create tables for each country showing basic demographic data; population dynamics; labour force structure; education; health; maternal mortality, etc.

Macro time series, micro time series, government finance, and social indicators including ethnic fractionalization, party fractionalization, regime changes, and fixed factors. 1960-99. Easterly and Yu.

From USAID, a repository of global education statistics compiled by UNESCO.

The world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of up-to-date health data, providing free public access through a single internet page to a vast reservoir of data and analyses on the situation and trends for global health priorities, integrating around 1000 health indicators. From the UN's World Health Organization.

"The ICVS is the most far-reaching program of standardized sample surveys to look at a householders' experience with crime, policing, crime prevention, and feelings of insecurity in a large number of nations."

Go to the Central Survey Catalog to access censuses and surveys done in developing countries, with metadata.

Data: Bilateral Migration Matrix + publications and other resources.

Maintained by the Minnesota Population Center, free internet access to microdata from 44 countries, 130 censuses.

Maintained at the Minnesota Population Center, IPUMS provides free internet access to census microdata.

Collection of household income surveys across dozens of countries.

Welfare systems in OECD countries.

Data on immigrants and refugees in U.S., Europe, and other countries.

NCHS publishes statistical reports on health related issues and is a major source of health statistics. Hundreds of publications, including the full text of "Health United States", are available through the Web site.

Variety of useful shared datasets covering regime types, elections, civil liberties, and much more.

Links to official UN historical estimates and projections for every country in the world, plus the Demographic Yearbook and other population information.

Household and community surveys of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Guatemala.

Social measures monitored by the UN following conferences on children, women, development, and population.

A collection of over 500 health and social science datasets organized into nine topical areas.

Social and economic indicators for women and children in Central and Eastern Europe, from UNICEF.

Demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with populations of 5,000+; includes historic to 1950 and projections to 2050.

UN's Organization for Education, Science, and Culture gathers indicators relevant to education, literacy, technology, and culture.

Measures income inequality across countries, 1963-1999.

Income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries. Includes Gini coefficient, quintile, and decile shares.

Migration by country by year (decennial) by gender.

From Minority Rights Groups International, country-by-country information.

Basic encyclopedic information from the CIA about countries around the world, such as history, people, politics, geography, and more. CIA World Factbook has information on the percent of different ethnic groups within individual nations.

41 participating countries.

Time series data from the International Labour Office