Replay: UN Demographic Manuals On-line

Here is the link for the classical manuals and guides of demographic methods and techniques issued by the United Nations a long time ago. It presents a series of 23 manuals organized by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

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2. Forget the Placebo Effect: It’s the ‘Care Effect’ That Matters (via Patricia Morita)
   
   
3. New Head of UN Population Division
   
   
4. Dangers of artificial intelligence: Watson couldn't distinguish between polite language and profanity
   
   
5. Lectureships in Human Geography – University of Bristol
   
   
6. Top 5 city destroyers of all time - of course Godzilla couldn't be out of this list!
   
   
7. Don’t come to Britain posters (via MR)
   
   
8. Jerven on Measuring African Poverty and Progress
   
   
9. The effect of Air Pollution Control on Life Expectancy in the United States
   
   
10. Rainfall Deficit as a predictor of U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico
    
    
11. Does Human Capital Tend to Cluster in Center Cities or the Suburbs?

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World Population Prospects - 2010 Revision

Have I  mentioned the 2010 Revision of the World Population Prospects? You may download the Data in EXCEL format (all countries). Have fun!

Population by Total Fertility (millions)

Number of Countries by Total Fertility

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011): World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York
Note: Only countries with a population of 100,000 or more in 2010 are included

Soundtrack: The Kooks

UN Demographic Manuals On-line

Here is the link for the classical manuals and guides of demographic methods and techniques issued by the United Nations over a long period of time. It presents a series of 23 manual organized by thePopulation Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.