Statistics
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AusStats - Australian Bureau of Statistics [http://www.abs.gov.au]
Provides statistics, news, media releases and product release advice. Excellent starting point for Australian demographic information. Further statistics are available from the AusStats database.
Australian statistical internet sites [http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/stats.html]
InfoNation [http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm]
"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. In the first menu, you can select up to seven countries. Then, you can proceed to the data menu where you will be able to select statistics and other data fields." Statistics and data include geography statistics, such as climate and co2 emmissions, economic statistics such as GDP and tourism figures, population statistics such as infant mortality and male/female ratios and social indicators, such as life expectancy, literacy rates or number of refugees.
OffStats - Official Statistics on the Web[http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz]
This site provides a database of links to statistical data for many countries, economic regions of the world and topics for which statistics are gathered.
Statistical Resources on the Web [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html]
All sorts of statistics, mostly from the US - refer to the foreign governments section for list of statistical offices for other countries.
Statistical Agencies (international) [http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html]
From the US Census Bureau.
Statistics Queensland [http://www.oesr.qld.gov.au/]
Contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social statistical data relating to the State of Queensland. Information in this site has been obtained from various tables, briefs, reports and publications produced by the Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Treasury.