International Census & Population Data - Statistics - Australian

International facts and figures

Datablog : Guardian News Online
Datavisualisation from GOOD
Innovative visualisation on many topical issues
Flowing Data Blog
Statistical visualisation Blog
Gapminder
Develop data visualization tools to let people explore the vast treasure of global statistics.
International Statistical Agencies
A listing of statistical agencies for national statistics of other countries, provided by the US Census Bureau
Population Reference Bureau
Provides access to a range of resources for issues related to population, health, and the environment including policy information, data finder, fact sheets and publications. PRB provides accesss to both US and International data sources
SEDAC
An "Information Gateway" between earth sciences and social sciences.
UK Census data
Information collated from the most recent UK Census, and advice about the upcoming UK Census in 2011
UK National Statistics
Access to statistical data and publications for the UK Statistics. Links available through to Office of National Statistics and the UK Statistics Authority
US Census Bureau
The entry point for US statistical data, providing information on housing, population, economic indicators, education and transport, as well as other demographic and planning related indicators.
World Databank World Bank
Free and open access to global development data

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan
Free registration required
The University of Sydney membership to ACSPRI provides access to most ICPSR datasets. Free registration is required.
Accessing Restricted use data
Some datasets have additional access restrictions due to confidentiality issues.
Requests for ICPSR data
ADA maintains collaborative arrangements with many national and international data archives including ICPSR. The agreements include access for Australian researchers. If you are interested in obtaining data from these archives, please contact ADA.