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This guide is not an exhaustive list of country information / population statistics sources. 

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1. Consider which organizations or agencies may have the information you are seeking and search or browse their website. 
Focus your searches with 'site:' searching. The following are examples of site searches. Click on the link to see the search in a new window. 

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Topic: tourism
Website: ec.europa.eu/eurostat = Eurostat database (European Union)
 tourism site:ec.europa.eu/eurostat

• CIA World Factbook:  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
• The Food and Agriculture Organization:http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/
• World Bank Country Information: https://data.worldbank.org/country

• Population Pyramids: https://www.populationpyramid.net/world/2017/
• The Global Burden of Disease Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32154-2/fulltext

   

• DiPrete Brown, L. (Ed.), (2018). Foundations for global health practice. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.http://ezproxy.macewan.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1672749&site=ehost-live&scope=site