STATS
http://borgenproject.org/Global_Issues.html
A non-profit organization working
to bring greater political attention to global poverty.
Stats on
military spending and costs to address the world's top global issues.
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_a/mod02/www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/
Annual costs of various global programs for solving the major human
need and environmental problems facing humanity. Each program is the
amount needed to accomplish the goal for all in need in the world.
Their combined total cost is approximately 30% of the world's total
annual military expenditures.
http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/ACR/acr.html
Project Ploughshares' Armed Conflicts Report thoroughly details the state of war around
the world. Going beyond the wars on the evening news, the report
describes lesser-known conflicts, as well as the issues that surround
conflict.
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
NationMaster
is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA
World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank,
World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD
http://www.geohive.com/
A
site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population,
Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is on the
population of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that
there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth,
infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena; ....... and yet, even
more.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html
From 10,000 B.C. to 1950.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/img/worldpop.gif
From 1950 to 2050
http://www.who.int/research/en/
Links to statistical information
available throughout WHO's technical programmes.
http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/MDG/homePages.do
In September 2000 the member states of the United Nations unanimously
adopted the Millennium Declaration. Following consultations among
international agencies, including the World Bank, the IMF, the OECD,
and the specialized agencies of the United Nations, the General
Assembly recognized the Millennium Development Goals as part of the
road map for implementing the Millennium Declaration.