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Demographic Yearbook (UN)

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data

 

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Data description

The UN Demographic Yearbook provides data on population, age, sex, birth rates, mortality and urban/rural residence for countries in the United Nations system. Data, in Excel and PDF formats, are collated by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with national statistical agencies worldwide. Coverage includes;

- Fertility: live births, infant and maternal mortality, female population by age and number of children living

- Nuptiality and divorce: population by age, sex and marital status

- Mortality: life expectancy at birth, death rates by age and sex, general mortality rates.

For details of variables and methodology, see the UN Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System (rev.3).

 

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Time period

Coverage is from 1948 to 2023, with variation by series: 

• Population census datasets
• Tabulations on household characteristics
• Regular DYB - individual tables and notes
• Regular DYB - PDF format.
• Details of the World Population and Housing Census Programme are on this UN page.

   

 

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Support links

• Demographic Yearbook manuals
• Technical reports
• UN Statistics data collation, questionnaires and methodology

 

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How to access data

Data from 1948 to 2023 are available online.

 

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Data homepage

Contact: [email protected]