Sources which cover Every Country in the World
This page provides a set of links on Web Sources which cover Every Country in the World, with brief comments on each link. The main criterion for deciding on whether a web site is included was its usefulness to researchers, students and journalists. For their inclusion, of greater importance than the organisations responsible for them was the existence of free access databases, scientific articles, bibliographies, statistics, maps, reports, resource lists and meta links. Inclusion of these web sites does not imply endorsement of the viewpoints expressed therein, or the proposed typologies or classifications. The quality is heterogeneous, ranging from medium to excellent. For any comments or suggestions for additions, please contact the editor.
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Author: CARLOS MAURÍCIO
Last Updated: December 2005
ADHERENTS.COM: World Religion Statistics / Membership statistics by country, region and religious body.
L'AMENAGEMENT LINGUISTIQUE DANS LE MONDE: Trésor de la langue française au Québec / Université Laval / Reference web site on the world's linguistic arrangement / Search by country (192), by people, by languages, by language policies, and by national linguistic laws / French / Editor: Jacques Leclerc.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Well-known worldwide movement who campaign for internationally recognized human rights / Annual Reports (since 1993) / Search by country.
CONSTITUTION FINDER: T.C. Williams School of Law / University of Richmond / Database of national constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents / An English version is often available.
ELECTIONGUIDE.ORG: International Foundation for Election Systems / F. Clinton White Resource Center / This guide aims to collect, from country authorities, the full and final results of all national-level elections (since 1998).
ETHNOLOGUE: SIL International (Summer Institute of Linguistics) / Reference web site on the world's near 7,000 living languages / Statistics by country, and by language (See: Country Index and Language Family Index) / Bibliographies by country, and by theme.
FEDERAL RESEARCH DIVISION: COUNTRY STUDIES: Federal Research Division / The Library of Congress ( USA ) / Country Studies (101 units) / Country Profiles / Country bibliographies / Search by countries, and by topics.
FIRST – STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) / The integrated database system contains information from 20 research institutes around the world / FIRST covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as armed conflicts, peace keeping, arms production and trade, and military expenditure / Search by country or by a group up to six countries.
FLAGS OF THE WORLD: Reference Internet's site devoted to the study of present and past flags / More than 53,000 images of flags / Search by country / Editor: Rob Raeside.
FREEDOM HOUSE: Non-partisan organisation seated in Washington D.C. / Annual Ratings, based on the state of political rights and civil liberties, covering 192 countries and several related and disputed territories (since 1999) / Table listing all Country Ratings from 1972 through 2005.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Global, Regional and National Reports since 1990.
Global Reports and Human Development Indicators (since 1999):
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/view_reports.cfm?type=1
Regional Reports:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/view_reports.cfm?type=2
National Reports:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/view_reports.cfm?type=3
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESEARCH: INCORE / University of Ulster / Guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity / Search by country, topic, or peace agreement / On-line Book reviews / Bibliographies.
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: International NGO based in Brussels / CrisisWatch monthly bulletin and CrisisWatch Database (since 2003) / Reports by country and by key word / Research resources / Links.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS: Statistical databases on employment and unemployment; labour cost and productivity, wages, social security, trade unions, and strikes and lock-outs / LABORSTA: periodical data for over 200 countries and territories covering the last decades.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION DATABASE: Labour Migration Statistics / Search by country, topic or year (since 1986).
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor / U.S. Department of State / Annual country reports, covering 195 units, since 1999.
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION: International Organization of Parliaments of sovereign States, established in 1889, and based in Geneva / Parline Database provides general information on national parliament's chambers, status of its members, electoral system and results of the most recent elections / Parlit Database offers near 40.000 bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, and on electoral systems, constitutional law, and political science / Women in Politics Database contains bibliographic references on books and articles dealing with women in politics.
JOSHUA PROJECT: Seated in Colorado Springs , this Project is engaged in missionary work around the world / Listing of all people groups by country, classified according to ethnic, religious, linguistic or national ties / Search by country, by people, by people-in-country, by primary religion, and by primary language.
MAPAS HISTÓRICO-POLÍTICOS DE LA EDAD MODERNA: Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age (225) / Atlases Bibliography (since 1851) / English – Spanish / Editor: Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey.
MINORITIES AT RISK: Center for International Development and Conflict Management / University of Maryland / This reference web site monitors the persecution and mobilization of 284 politically active ethnic groups worldwide / Minority group assessments and chronologies / Search by country.
MUSEUMLAND – The World Wide Portal to Museums and Cultural Heritage: Accessible by country or by category / Topics related with national memory or identity: archaeology, ethnology, folklore, war, religion, theatre.
THE 1911 EDITION ENCYCLOPEDIA: Containing over 40,000 articles, the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica offers useful entries on all countries, and its dependencies, at the beginning of the 20 th century.
ODDENS' BOOKMARKS: THE FASCINATING WORLD OF MAPS AND MAPPING: Faculty of GeoSciences / Universiteit Utrecht / Meta Links on Maps and Atlases, Libraries and Cartographic Literature / Geographical Societies, and Carto- and Geoservers / Search by country / Editor: Roelof Oddens.
PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY MAP COLLECTION: University of Texas at Austin / Political, topographic, historical and thematic maps of the world, continents, regions, countries, and states / Near 5,700 maps available online.
POLITY IV PROJECT: Center for International Development and Conflict Management / University of Maryland / Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2003 contains coded annual information on regime and authority characteristics for all independent states (with greater than 500,000 total population) / Regional and Country Trends Graphs, 1946-2003 / Country Reports, 2003 / Project Director: Monty G. Marshall.
POPULATION STATISTICS: Historical growth of the population per country / Statistics and Estimates (sometimes starting in 1700) / Editor: Jan Lahmeyer.
PORTALS TO THE WORLD: The Library of Congress (USA) / Selective Links to electronic resources from more than 200 countries and territories.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HOMEPAGE: University of Virginia / Religious communities, religious freedom reports, and bibliographies by country / Editor: Jeffrey K. Hadden (until 2003).
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: Reports and Barometers / Corruption Perceptions Index and Bribe Payers Index / Country Surveys.
UNESCO. INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS: Education, Literacy, Culture and Communication, and Science and Technology Indicators / Statistics / Global and Regional Reports.
UNESCO. WORLD HERITAGE: World cultural and natural heritage by country / See: The List of the 812 official sites (with description and justification).
UNITED NATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS – POPULATION DIVISION: Population Estimates and Projections / National Population Policies / World Urbanization Prospects / Search by country or region in «Data Online».
UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTATION CENTRE: Full text resolutions and decisions and selected sessional documents, and speeches from the UN General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, and International Court of Justice.
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGTHS: Universal Human Rights Instruments / International Human Rights Treaties and their monitoring bodies / Annual Reports / Search by country.
VIRTUAL LIBRARY MUSEUMS PAGES: Directory of on-line museums / Accessible by country, region or through the search engine / Topics related with national memory and identity: national, military and ethnographic museums / Editor: Jonathan Bowen.
WORLD BANK: DATA AND STATISTICS: Online Databases / Country Classification by Income group and Indebtedness / International Comparison Program / World Development Indicators (selected data) / Search by Country and by Topic.
WORLD BANK: A NEW DATA SET MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY: Deininger and Squire Data Set on World Income Inequality (1890 up to 1996).
THE WORLD FACTBOOK: Central Intelligence Agency / US Government / See: “Notes and Definitions” / Country Profiles / Countries sorted by rank order in selected fields.
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY DATABASE: World Institute for Development Economics Research / United Nations University / Version 2.0a (June 2005).
WORLDSTATESMEN: Encyclopaedia of the leaders of nations and dependencies / Chronologies / National flags / National anthems: lyrics in national language(s) with an English translation / Meta Links / Editor: Benjamin Cahoon.
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