Website Description

Projections of the world population, including and up to the minute approximation of the current world human population.

This website explores population and all the factors that influence it.

A counter updating the approximated world population a few times every second. It also has a feature that allows you to check the population at any given time from 1970 to the present to the predictions of the population until 2037.

Is an international, educational, non-profit organization that seeks to reduce excessive population growth.

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helps developing countries find solutions to their population problems. This website offers information on the state of the world population.

India census data from as recent dates as 2001. Contains a lot of population data that is all categorised and easily to access.

PopPlanet is a website for learning, information sharing and communication about population, health and environment connections in different regions. It can be viewed in one of three languages - English, French or Spanish. It has comprehensive country profiles.

The United States Department of Commerce Official Website. Very comprehensive although very American focussed.

The United States Census Bureau. Wide-ranging data on the various states of the United States.

Website summarising and analysing the results of the 2001 census in Canada. Demographic characteristics of the Canadian population are well covered.

A website linking you to all Population statistics and information on the UN system

This website has many features and covers many issues. It has up-to-date articles on current problems around the world while providing current statistics.

The statistics  of the UNICEF website that provides up-to-date, country specific data with good coverage of the varying indicators.

The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data of the countries around the world.

A United States focussed website on the health of American Residents. Good and relevant data is available here along with many articles.

A good website around the topic of health, it contains many good links.

The official website of the World Health Organization that features many articles and a huge database of statistics and figures.

A direct link to the Information systems of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO Statistical Information System is a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.

A large website based on the topic of AIDS/HIV. It has many articles and some good fact sheets.

The International Programs Centre (IPC), part of the Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance, training, and software products. However although it is part of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, it has many good links to site with an international focus, all very relevant.

Comprehensive data and articles on all countries in the world. Also includes archives and maps.

Good website with a lot of data and resources on population. Both American and International data available here.

Great website with all sorts of resources on the study of demography. It has articles, essays, straight data, journals, educational materials and more.

A large bibliographic population database, this website brings together over 290,000 records representing published and unpublished literature in the field.

Good website containing good definitions and links to data. A great place to start.

Good website containing good definitions and links to data. A great place to start.

Definition of migration, types of migration, push and pull factors, migration into Europe.

Population distribution, population density, factors affecting population density, population change, life expectancy, demographic transition model, population structure and population pyramids, migration, population changes in LEDCs, case studies of population in China and India.