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Demographic Yearbook System
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The United Nations Demographic Yearbook system collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices.

The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. These publications are available for purchase in printed format. The most recent Demographic Yearbook is now available.

Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others. The most recent special issue as well as the Demographic Yearbook Historical Supplement are available. These publications can be purchased as CD-ROMs. A list of forthcoming special topics is also available.

The United Nations Statistics Division is currently reviewing the Demographic Yearbook system through Expert Group Meetings and technical reports aimed at reviewing progress in reporting by Member States.

United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics