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Provides country information such as history, population, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Good for background information on Latin American countries.

Contains in-depth country profiles, which include general statistics and essays on the background and current situation of each country.

This print source is a good place for obscure statistics about Latin America, although it has not been updated since 2002.

Not as user-friendly as the above source, but it contains more up-to-date statistics. A new version is put online every year.

Contains statistical series for a wide range of social and economic indicators for 20 countries. The data is collected with an aim towards ensuring as much consistency and comparability as possible. Coverage is being expanded to cover 1870-2010.

LAPOP provides archives of public opinion surveys it has conducted in many countries of Latin America, most of them on political topics. Complete data sets are available.

Provides access to key statistical resources compiled by the United Nations such as the Demographic Yearbook and Comtrade. Data compiled by individual countries is available by checking Data Services under specific countries.

Includes links to major organizations and data including: Instituto de Estadistica de la UNESCO; La Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos and UNICEF - Fondo delas Naciones Unidas para la Infancia.