Countries

  • Atlapedia Online
    “Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on ntiries of the world.”
  • BBC News – Country Profiles
    “Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives. Select a country, territory or international organization.” BBC
  • Canadian Geographic – A Developing world
    An interactive map developed by Canadian Geographic and the Canadian International Development Agency to help you develop your critical thinking skills and understand the concepts of international development and global responsibililty.
  • Country Reports.org
    Profiles of hundreds of countries which include economy, government, background, and statistics. There are separate links for flags, national anthems, reference maps, history of countries, and weather.
  • Globastat
    “Globastat is an award-winning web site which shows how over 190 countries compare to each other in more than 140 categories, ranging from population size to electricity consumption per person. Globastat uses the CIA World Factbook statistics.”
  • United Nations – Human Development Country Reports
    The United Nations Development Programme site includes data and information pertaining to development in countries throughout the world.
  • Nationmaster
    This site contains an encyclopedia of nations of the world, contains country profiles, and a graph producer which can produce charts, scatterplots, and pie charts.
  • World Factbook 2009
    This is the first stop on the Web for information about countries of the world.
  • United Nations CyberSchoolBus
    Includes data on each of the countries of the world, profiles of 20 of the world’s largest cities, and information about the United Nations.