Since the 1930s, the Census Bureau has performed international analytical work and assisted in the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of statistics with counterpart governments in over 100 countries. Learn more about how the International Programs Center advances data-driven decision-making through its global knowledge-sharing and assistance initiatives, as well as its data products and services that strengthen the global statistical community.

The Census Bureau conducts applied research on a range of international demographic, economic, and health issues. Ongoing projects include:

The Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro) is a public domain software package used by hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of individuals for entering, editing, tabulating, and disseminating census and survey data. CSPro is designed to be as user-friendly as possible, yet powerful enough to handle the most complex applications. It can be used by a wide range of people, from non-technical staff assistants to senior demographers and programmers.

HIV/AIDS database funded by the President’s Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) where reports from national health organizations (Country Direct data), the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) statistics, and PEPFAR data are combined to provide a global picture of HIV/AIDS infections. You can access the data by the HARVEST dashboard or through the Metadata viewer dashboard to see comparatives of global distribution and figures for each of the three main data sources.

Database of population estimates and projections contains population estimates and projections for more than 200 countries and areas to the year 2100. These data provide a consistent set of demographic indicators, including population size and growth, mortality, fertility, and net migration. Data are available through the IDB web tool, Census API, data.census.gov, or in a single downloadable dataset.

Provides data on global population patterns according to both administrative areas and grid cells. Data inputs include census data from every country and territory that conducts a census, administrative boundary maps from national and international mapping agencies, and high- and medium-resolution satellite imagery. Explore Subnational Population Data by Geographic Areas or the Gridded Population Mapping (Demobase) from 1998-present.

Showcase the U.S. population by date, region, age and sex, and the top 10 areas by people and density. The world view has basic facts, trade, and projections by country.

Census Bureau experts also engage in tailored research and consultancy projects to data user and sponsor needs on a reimbursable basis.

Contains historical statistical materials from around the world. The Census Bureau Library participates in the interlibrary loan program and therefore external users can borrow collection materials through another library. For more information, please contact 301-763-2511 or library@census.gov.

Technical assistance activities are based on an assessment of existing competencies and identification of the specific needs of National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Available tools to assess NSOs capabilities are:

• Tool for Assessing Statistical Capacity (TASC)
• Tool for Assessing Pilot Electronic Censuses (TAPEC)

Select Topics in International Censuses are technical notes that highlights a new subject, method, or operation relevant to census planners in middle- to low-income countries.

The Select Topics in International Population and Health series discusses timely issues for NSOs and Ministries of Health in low- and middle-income countries related to demographic analysis and the use of population and health data, especially those data derived from population censuses, household surveys, and civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems.

This collection of resources focuses on the interaction between communities’ demographic characteristics and the effects natural disasters have on people’s wellbeing. Focused internationally and at a subnational level (i.e., areas equivalent to states, counties, and townships), these resources provide quality analyses and data tools that can be used by NSOs to build and improve adaptation policies. Explore more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/data/population-vulnerability.html.

Coming soon! Supporting the transformation and modernization of National Statistical Systems (NSS) and NSOs in low- and middle-income countries, the Lab will test, develop, and share new technologies to make data collection, production, and dissemination more efficient, transparent, and reproducible.

Free applications and software designed to support NSOs are also available. For a full list of data collection software, dissemination application, and demographic analysis software visit: International Programs Center Software.

Workshops, Courses, Tutorial Videos and Other Learning Resources are Also Available Here:

 https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/events/training.html