MAIN SOURCES OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

WORLD POPULATION DATA

United Nations Population Division: World Population Prospects

• UN: https://population.un.org/wpp/
• User Guide: https://population.un.org/dataportal/about/userguide

Human Mortality Database (HMD)
The world's leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries. (Data available by cohort and year)

• https://www.mortality.org

Human Fertility Database
National-level data, comparative across Europe and some non-European countries.

• https://www.humanfertility.org/cgi-bin/main.php

Cohort Fertility and Education Database
Very useful for comparing the evolution of fertility rates over time by education level, and for cross-country comparisons.

• http://www.cfe-database.org/database/

EUROPEAN POPULATION DATA

Eurostat Database

• https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/population-demography/demography-population-stock-balance/database

ITALIAN POPULATION DATA

ISTAT Demographic Portal
Data on the Italian population (structure and dynamics) by territorial division, region, province, and municipality; annual and monthly demographic balance; foreign citizens; mortality and fertility tables by year; population forecasts; marriage data, and more.

• https://demo.istat.it/

ISTAT Data Portal
Italian data on population and period/cohort fertility indicators at national, regional, and territorial division levels. Also includes data for calculating the probability of childbearing progression and the proportion of women by number of children.

• http://dati.istat.it/

DEMOGRAPHIC MICRODATA

IPUMS International
Dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. The project's goals are to collect and preserve data and documentation, harmonize data, and disseminate the harmonized data free of charge.
98 countries – 443 censuses and surveys

• https://international.ipums.org/international/

DHS – Demographic and Health Survey
Program and STATcompiler tool.

• https://dhsprogram.com/data/
• https://www.statcompiler.com/en/