Demographic Estimates and Projections for Countries of the World

"How large is the population of the world’s newest country? When will India overtake China as most populous country? Is the world growing younger or older? The latest update of the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Data Base (IDB) has answers to these and many more questions...

Travelers' Health

Pick a country and find out information on how to stay healthy while in that country --vaccinations, diseases, clinics, specific groups and settings, etc.

Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
Varied resources highlighting information available in the international collections of the Library of Congress.

Social Security Programs Throughout the World:The Americas, 2007
"This fourth issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of the Americas. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa, are published at 6-month intervals over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security programs in the particular region.

The information contained in these volumes is crucial to our efforts, and those of researchers in other countries, to review different ways of approaching social security challenges that will enable us to adapt our social security systems to the evolving needs of individuals, households, and families. These efforts are particularly important as each nation faces major demographic changes, especially the increasing number of aged persons, as well as economic and fiscal issues."

Monitoring International Labor Standards (MILS) Database
Search a database and find information on labor standards by country.