World and General Statistics 

see also: U.S. Statistics

• Earth: A Graphic Look at the State of the World
  Via maps and graphs, this site shows and compares information on such topics as global ecology, human conditions, energy supply, food production, pollution, warfare, and wealth.
• Free Economic Data
  "Our databases contain more than 165 million economic, financial, and demographic time series covering more than 180 countries and their sub-regions. Accuracy and timeliness are two of the hallmarks of Moody's Economy.com economic databases."
• GEO-3 Data Compendium
  "The web site includes data tables for environmental issues as addressed by UNEP's GEO, such as climate change, water stress and deforestation, as well as a wide variety of socio-economic variables."
• GeoHive: Global Statistics
  "A site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities."
• Google Public Data Explorer
  "Students, journalists, policy makers and everyone else can play with the tool to create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them in their own webpages. Embedded charts and links can update automatically so you’re always sharing the latest available data."
• Infonation
  "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."
• Infonation
  "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."
• OFFSTATS
  Official statistics on the web; find by country, region, or topic.
• The UC Atlas of Global Inequality
  "The Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics. All these materials can be used freely providing they are attributed to the UC Atlas of Global Inequality."
• Earth Clock  /  World Stats Clock
  Estimates of current world statistics, including population, births, deaths, incidence of various diseases, global temperature, and other information.

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