Geographical Statistics

(Population and area statistics in usable data formats for nations, states, counties, cities and other units.)

I have always been very interested in geography, political units, and statistics, so it stands to reason that populations and areas are a great fascination of mine. Over the years i have downloaded, or simply keyed-in many of these statistics -- i maintain several spreadsheets and databases.

I found that if these statistics were online at all, they were extremely difficult to access. I have posted these in .TXT format instead of in HTML so they are easy to download and load into a spreadsheet. Unless otherwise noted, all files are in fixed with ASCII format, which is comfortable to view, and can be loaded into almost any spreadsheet or database. Almost all of these files are extend far out to the left. Have Fun.

NOTE: I try to keep these up to date, but i do NOT promise that they are up to the second. Most of this was posted in late 1996.

    NATIONS
  1. All of the NATIONS of the world
    nations1.txt (17k) Also includes a few former and potential nations!
    FIELDS:    Name, Area, Population, Growth Rate, Density, Portion of the World Population, Capital.

  2. All of the NATIONS of the world
    nations2.txt (95k) Also includes a few former and potential nations!
    FIELDS:    Name, Area, Population, Growth Rate, Density, portion of the world population, Capital City, largest city, population of largest city, Languages, religions, literacy rate, literate population, Gross National Product, gnp per person, Currancy Name, Currancey value in US dollars, Currancey value in British Pound Sterling, Currancey value in Polish Zloty, Landlocked?, Continent, Region, year settled, admitted to United Nations, Government type, National Day, male smokers, female smokers, British Community, European Community, OPEC, overseas possessions, male livespan, female livespan, avg livespan, lifespan differance, exports-MIL$, imports- MIL$, trade imbalance, ratio, UN dues, full name

  3. All of the NATIONS of the world Also includes a few former and potential nations!
    nations2.dat (51k) This is a data file: standard ASCII (quote & comma delimited), for importing.
    FIELDS:    Name, Area, Population, Growth Rate, Density, portion of the world population, Capital City, largest city, population of largest city, Languages, religions, literacy rate, literate population, Gross National Product, gnp per person, Currancy Name, Currancey value in US dollars, Currancey value in British Pound Sterling, Currancey value in Polish Zloty, Landlocked?, Continent, Region, year settled, admitted to United Nations, Government type, National Day, male smokers, female smokers, British Community, European Community, OPEC, overseas possessions, male livespan, female livespan, avg livespan, lifespan differance, exports-MIL$, imports- MIL$, trade imbalance, ratio, UN dues, full name

  4. The 20 most populated NATIONS in the world 100 years from now
    pops.txt (14k) Forecast based on current size and growth rates
    FIELDS:    Name, 1990 population, rank, 2100 population, rank, change

  5. A shocking perspective on nation size.
    seacomp.htm (1k) Based on Seattle Washington



    STATES
  6. The STATES of the USA
    states.txt (22k) 51 entries including Washington DC
    FIELDS:    Name, whether i've been in it, Area, Population, Population Growth in the 1980's, Density, Origin of name, Largest City, Population of that city, Percentage of population in largest city, Capitol, Rank by size within state of Capitol, Population of state as a percentage of the USA, Area of state as a percentage of the USA, Number of women, percentage female, above of below US average, Number of African-Americans percentage African-Americans, above of below US average, Average Age, Number of Counties, Population per county, area per county, number of forests, acreage of forests, number of parks, acreage of parks, total parks & forests, acreage of parks & forests, area of parks & forests as a percentage of total area, Year became a territory, year became a state, order of entry into the union, year of constitution, years between statehood and current constitution, years as a territory, motto, abbreviation, number of Amateur radio operators, percentage of Amateur radio operators

  7. The PROVINCES of Canada
    prov.txt (2k) there must be a comment here
    FIELDS:    Name, whether i've been in it, Area, Population, Population Growth in the 1980's, Density, Origin of name, Largest City

  8. CONTINENTS, NATIONS, STATES & PROVINCES
    merge.txt (23k) A combined list of All NATIONS, US STATES, Canadian PROVINCES & Chinese DISTRICTS for Comparison purposes.
    FIELDS:    Name, Area, Population, density, rate of change



    US COUNTIES
  9. The 260 largest (by area) COUNTIES in the USA
    cnty-pop.txt (1k) there must be a comment here
    FIELDS:    Name, state, population, area, density

  10. The 30 largest (by population) COUNTIES in the USA
    cnty-pop.txt (2k) there must be a comment here
    FIELDS:    Name, state, population, growth rate, area, density population rank, area rank, density rank

  11. All 3143 Counties in the USA
    county.txt (359k) In formatted text format for viewing.
    FIELDS:    State, County, Classification, Area (SqKM), Area (SqMi), Population 1990, Population 1995, Density (SqKM), Density (SqMi), i have been in it

  12. All 3143 Counties in the USA
    county.dat (233k) This is a data file: standard ASCII (quote & comma delimited), for importing.
    FIELDS:    State, County, Classification, Area (SqKM), Area (SqMi), Population 1990, Population 1995, Density (SqKM), Density (SqMi), i have been in it



    US & WORLD CITIES
  13. US METROPOLITAN AREAS exceeding 1 million people
    c-mt-mt.txt (4k) Area calculated by census designated areas.
    FIELDS:    Name, Population, rank, core city, rank, difference in rank, portion in core city, portion of US population

  14. US METROPOLITAN AREAS exceeding 1 million people
    c-mt-mt.txt (4k) Area calculated by census designated areas.
    FIELDS:    Name, Population, rank, core city, rank, difference in rank, portion in core city, portion of US population

  15. World CITIES exceeding 2 million people
    c-st-w.txt (7k) Area calculated by analyzation of density -- not boundaries.
    FIELDS:    Name, Country, Continent, Population, growth rate, predicted 1998 population

  16. North American CITIES exceeding 2 million people
    c-st-na.txt (1k) Area calculated by analyzation of density -- not boundaries.
    FIELDS:    Name, Population, growth rate, rank

  17. 50 most populated CITIES in USA
    c-ct-50.txt (4k) Using actual city limits as boundaries.
    FIELDS:    Name, State, Area (SqMi), 1980's growth rate, Metro Area Population

  18. US CITIES with more than 120,000 people
    c-ct-120.txt (6k) Using actual city limits as boundaries.
    FIELDS:    Name, State, Population



    OTHER misc.
  19. The 14 largest LAKES in world
    lakes.txt (1k) there must be a comment here.
    FIELDS:    Name, water type, continent, state, population, ave area (sqmi), ave depth (ft), elevation of surface (ft), elevation of bottom (ft)

  20. Latitude & Longitude of selected places with suntime offset.
    latlong.txt (8k) Based on places that i have been!
    FIELDS:    Name, Lat (dms), Long (dms), Lat (decimal), Long (decimal), real time zone, time zone used, off of time zone, off of GMT, off of Standard Time, suntime at export, standard time at export

  21. The 8 PLANETS in our solar system
    planets.txt(7k) (also includes the sun and Pluto)
    FIELDS:    Name, Diameter (4 different units), ave, min max (2 units, plus 3 more units), rotation (2 units), orbit (3 units), and calculations for building a solar system model

  22. The populated CONTINENTS
    continen.txt (1k) there must be a comment here
    FIELDS:    Area, Population, Growth Rate, Density, Percent of the world's, Percent of the world's Area