Demographic Data
United Nations:
United Nations
Population Information Network (POPNET)
Demographic
Yearbooks (searchable pdf, tables as Excel files)
World population
prospects (data online)
Population
distributions 1984-2003 (Excel files)
Database
on Social Indicators (can be downloaded as Excel files)
United
Nations Statistical Databases
World Health Organization:
WHOSIS -
interactive databases on mortality, diseases and risk factors
WHO
Mortality Database - age-specific mortality rates by causes of
death. Extremely detailed database but not user-friendly.
Excellent for serious research
World Bank - socio-economic
indicators by country (poverty, health, nutrition, etc.)
Eurostat
- demographic and social indicators for Baltic countries
U.S. Bureau of Census:
International
Data Base (IDB)
CIA Factbook - basic demographic and socio-economic indicators
Goskomstat Russia -
Federal State Statistics Service
2002 census of Russia:
2002
census data in English
Goskomstat website
(in Russian)
Ukraine - State Statistics
Committee of Ukraine
Belarus - The Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus
Lithuania - Statistics Lithuania
Latvia - Central
Statistical Bureau
Estonia - Statistics Estonia
Republic of Moldova -
National Bureau of Statistics
Georgia - State
Department for Statistics
Armenia - National
Statistical Service
Azerbaijan - The State Statistical Committee
Kazakhstan - Agency of Statistics
(site in Russian and Kazakh)
Kyrgyzstan - National
Statistical Committee
Uzbekistan - The State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tadjikistan - State
Committee on Statistics
Human Mortality Database
(requires free registration) - detailed mortality and life table
data for Baltic countries, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Time
series for life expectancy
The Interuniversity Consortium for
Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - a repository
of data on social topics.
NationMaster database
- demographic and social indicators by country
Databases
on Slavic and East European Studies (U of Chicago)
Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS)
Demographic and Health Surveys
(DHS) - Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are
nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a
wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas
of population, health, and nutrition. Data available for Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Survey on Russian Marriages, 1996
- available in ICPSR
General Social Survey of the Russian Federation and Central Asia, October-December 1992 - available in ICPSR
Russian Sources
Demoscope Weekly - the best source of
information about demographic processes in Russia and other FSU
countries.
Unfortunately all materials are published in Russian. Very useful supplemental
data on population in Russia and FSU
countries. Interactive maps of demographic indicators.
Social
aspects of population health - publications and data on mortality
and health
Web-Atlas - Environment and
health of Russian population. From 1960s to 1996.
Publications on Russian demography
Browse JSTOR, select Population or
Sociology. Within each journal search for "Russia" or other FSU country
Scientific journals where data on
population in Russia and other FSU countries are often published: European Journal of Population, Demographic Research, Population, Population Studies, Population Research and Policy Review
Population
Index (1939-1999) - abstracts of demographic publications
(available in JSTOR)
Specialized journal on Russia, Central
Asia and the Soviet Union (not necessarily on population) - Europe-Asia Studies and Soviet Studies (available in JSTOR)
Sociology journals: Journal of Marriage and the Family,
Social Forces
Go to Web of Science. Search for population topics related to Russia and other FSU countries. Examples are "Russia AND mortality", "Russia AND fertility"