Population Websites

The UK Population

Visit the UK's Office of National Statistics to find out about the population of the United Kingdom

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

The Global Population

Visit the Population Reference Bureau to find out up to date facts and figures about global populations.  The 'World Population Data Sheet' is particularly informative!

http://www.prb.org/

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2008/2008wpds.aspx

 

Specific Country Information

The CIA in America publish detailed information about the population, development, economy, politics and environment of every country in the world.  The UK is about the size of Oregon.  Take a look!

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

 

Population Pyramids

The United States Census produces population pyramids for every country.  You can look at the current population pyramids and see how the population structure of different countries is going to change over the next 40 years.

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/pyramids.html