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Institute for Statistics
Country and Regional Profiles The UIS has developed a series of country and regional profiles presenting key indicators on education, literacy and science and technology. The profiles are updated automatically.
The World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
World Statistics, Country Comparisons
How many Turks are in different countries? Are they moving abroad because they're twice as bored as any other country? It seems it's not because they have too much leisure time . For something a little edgy, we tell you which countries tested with the highest IQ's ? Use this one with caution. What proportion of each population are christian ?
From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green » Blog Archive » The world’s top 100 economies: 53 countries, 34 cities and 13 corporations
This is from the World Bank , which increasingly seems to be adopting the functions (or at least the methods) of campaigning NGOs and thinktanks. Data are for 2009, in purchasing power parity terms. Countries are in black, cities in green, companies in brown. Largest countries are the US and China (with India at number 4); biggest cities are Tokyo and New York, with notable presence of Latin American megacities (Mexico, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires); top companies are Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil (oil still trumps tech, sorry Google). And yes, of course there’s no obvious reason to equate a company’s turnover with a country’s GDP, but it’s still an interesting indicator of scale. [h/t John Magrath]