Country Information

CDC Travel Page: Health information for international travel. Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CIA World Factbook: Information about countries worldwide, including literacy rates, land area, forms of government, and much more. Also available:

• Center for the Study of Intelligence
• Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA Maps and Publications
• CIA Publications and Reports
• World Leaders: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of foreign governments

Country Studies / Area Handbook Series: Multidisciplinary studies of foreign countries, describing and analyzing their political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions. Source: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division, sponsored by the U.S. Dept of the Army.

Global Gateway:  World Culture & Resources  Digital Collections from around the world. Source: The Library of Congress.

International Statistics: demographic and socioeconomic statistics from around the world including:

• Census Data for Countries & Area of the World: 1945-2014
• Global Population Profile.
• International Data Base (IDB): contains statistical tables for 227 countries and areas of the world.
• World Population Information

Land Tenure Center  serves as a global resource institution on issues relating to land ownership, rights, access, and use with many publication series available online. Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Land Tenure Center.

Peace Corps: includes information on programs, countries, international development, global education and a site for kids.

• World Wise Schools: represents more than 80 countries and is an excellent resource for global learning with lesson plans and teacher guides.
• Kids World

Portals to the World  contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about countries and areas of the world. Source: Library of Congress.

State Department: includes international policy, hot topics, and publications such as:

• A to Z Index includes publications
• Background Notes
• Counterterrorism Office
• Country Reports on Terrorism AND Patterns of Global Terrorism
• Foreign Relations Series Information and access to 1960 -
• Foreign Relations Series Online, 1953-1976
• with online index
• Digital facsimile, 1861-1960 as part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
• Foreign Relations Series  Index volumes covering 1900-1918
• Some volumes have been digitized as part of the Avalon Project at Yale Law School
• Foreign Relations Series  Index volumes covering 1900-1958
• Future State: educational site for youth.
• Human Rights Reports  (earlier years are Archived )
• Religious Freedom Annual Reports
• Timeline of Diplomatic History.
• Travel Information, such as passports and travel warnings,

State Department Electronic Research Collection: Archived resources for research in foreign policy. Source: A partnership of U.S. Dept of State, the Federal Depository Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Federal Depository Program.

Travel.State.Gov includes international travel information on passports, visas, and travel warnings. Source: U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of Consular Affairs

United Nations  provides official UN information, documents, statistics and other research sources.

• Country at a Glance  brief individual country information
• CyberSchoolBus promotes education about international issues
• Human Development Reports
• Info-Nation  (advanced search) provides comparative, up-to-date statistical data
• UNICEF publications
• Popin: Population Information Network  source for international, regional and national level population information.
• Recent Population Publications
• State of World Population Report
• State of World's Children Reports
• State of the World's Refugees, 2006
• World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics
• UN System Web Site Locator

U.S. Agency for International Development: Includes many publications and resources and specific information on projects in countries and in World Regions.

• Development Experience Clearinghouse: largest online resource for USAID funded, international development documentation.
• Telling our Stories