Statistics about Countries

Compare your country to Canada at this site:

http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/countrycompare.html

1. BBC Country Profiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

- -Excellent place to start in comparing countries

2. CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

--Produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, this site gives basic up-to-date statistics about most countries.

3. Human Development Index (United Nations)

http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

--Get the details behind your country’s ranking on the HDI.

4. Nationmaster site

http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

5. Unicef Information by Country

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/
--Information, by country, about children

6. Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/statistics.htm

--Covers these areas:  Population, Youth and elderly populations, Human settlements, Water supply and sanitation, Housing, Health, Child-bearing,  Education, Illiteracy, Income and economic activity, Unemployment

7. United Nations site on Developing Coutnries

http://www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/related/62/

--Great overview (profiles, facts and figures) of many developing countries

8. World Bank Statistics by Country
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,menuPK:3030988~pagePK:180619~piPK:3001866~theSitePK:136917,00.html