Appealing website with extensive population statistics from city level upwards

Some useful links to websites & databases

US-based organisation, offers extensive range of reports & data on all aspects of population issues around the globe

Excellent starting point for information about population censuses worldwide. It includes links to the websites of national statistical offices plus a useful Census Knowledge Base. Includes flagship publication: Demographic yearbook 1948- (online & in library at HA 1.D4)

Offers a wide range of publications relating to population (and migration - see below), plus databases:
World contraceptive use (1960s-)
World fertility data (1950-)
World marriage data (1970-)
World population policies (1976-)
World population prospects (1950-)
World urbanization prospects (1950-)

US Census Bureau demographic data for many countries worldwide (1950-) & projections to 2050

Online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937.
The collection goes far beyond the basic population reports with a wealth of textual and statistical material which provide an in-depth view of the economy, society (through births, deaths and marriages) and medicine during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

UKDS hub for access to aggregate & micro census data from 1971-

Website from the Great Britain Historical Geographic Information System (GIS) Project, based at the University of Portsmouth. Includes statistical trends calculated for current local authorities, historic maps, and census reports from 1801 to 1961 with direct access to the main tables

Interesting attempt to rank the value/usefulness of passports across nations

Border Criminologies brings together academics and others with interests in border control from around the world. Showcases original research from a range of perspectives, to better understand the effect of border control through an emphasis on visual resources and first hand accounts

Collaborative open access project to bring together datasets & analysis relating to all aspects of humanitarian work.

Established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council, the IDMC is a leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. Its website has a wealth of full text reports, and statistics on population displacement associated with conflict (1998-) or natural hazards (2008-) available through IDMC Global Internal Displacement Database.

UN affiliated body. Offers Migration law database and extensive Migration Data Portal launched end 2017.
Flagship publication: World migration report 2000- (& online 2000-) JV 6001.W6 and Online.

Project of the Migrant Rights Initiative (currently based at Cornell), which evaluates how countries protect and implement 17 categories of rights according to 65 standardized indicators, based on the Initiative’s International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR).

EU funded project coordinated by Journalism++
which aggregated news of asylum-seeking and human trafficking across Europe. The final version covers all known migration instances around European borders between 2000 and 2016

Independent think tank based in Brussels MPG that aims to advance evidence-based migration, integration and anti-discrimination policies around the world

Founded in 2001 & based in Washington DC, the MPI publishes high quality research on all aspects of migration

Based at the University of Oxford. Its database Forced Migration Online contains full-text reports, journal articles & research guides (not updated after Oct. 2017).

The leading database of information about refugees, international migration and asylum-seekers. Maintained by the UNHCR (see below). Free access to country profiles, maps, international and national treaties and legislation, policy decisions and other documents.

UN refugee agency offers extensive resources via its website, notably publications (including flagship publications: Asylum trends, Global report, State of the world's refugees) and statistics (1950-). Also its RefWorld country resource (see above). Has also developed Rights Mapping & Analysis Platform (RiMAP) - https://rimap.unhcr.org/user/login?destination=/countries - providing information about laws & policies on refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs in countries around the world

Notably its Migration Network Hub, a forum for stakeholders to access & share migration-related information

Publications plus datasets, including:
Global migration database Database (registration required) covers all countries, 1990- at intervals
International migration flows to & from selected countries Database (1980-) 43 countries. Emigrants, immigrants, residence, citizenship
International migration report 2002 JV 6001.I6 and Online 2006-
International migrant stock Database (1990-)

Interesting project from OECD using data from national sources from 2000/01 at 5 year intervals, now extended to OECD countries. Includes variables like education/skill level of emigrants, as well as demographic age and gender, duration of stay, labour market outcomes (labour market status, occupations, sectors of activity), fields of study.

Interesting databases from now defunct International Migration Institute (Oxford University), recording migration flows from early 1800s- and policy changes enacted by 45 countries (1945-2013). See also Migration Oxford for further resources.

Produced by the UN International Organization for Migration, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) gathers and analyses data on the mobility, vulnerabilities, and needs of displaced and mobile populations, including IDPs. Detailed datasets relating to affected countries

Easy to use tool from Our World in Data for visualisations or downloads using migration data from UN

Project of the Migration Policy Group, MIPEX is a unique tool which measures policies to integrate migrants in countries across six continents

Note that the Library subscription to OECDiLibrary gives Essex students and staff access to all publication and data from OECD, including the highly useful International Migration database

Well-established (1996-) programme with an excellent series of publications

Database assembled by VU Amsterdam giving data on migrant mortality in the Mediterranean area 1990-2013.

Portal to a range of publications, projects, networks and datasets relating to EU policies on migration

EU network of government bodies and others involved in this area. Produces a number of publications, including Annual Report on Migration & Asylum (2017-)

EU project to monitor, document & compare statelessness across EU countries. Includes Statelessness Index.

Detailed migration data from official EU statistics body, under heading Population & Social Conditions.

Research network specialising in migration to and within the EU. Free access to its working papers and links to other online resources.

Large multi-strand ESRC funded project.

EU funded institute based at the EUI Florence

NAPP harmonises & disseminates 19th & early 20th century census microdata from Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the US, enabling the linking of individuals between censuses for longitudinal analysis

Official EU database that offers potential for statistical analysis of high-skilled migration within Europe from the late 1990s onwards

Programme of the Gulf Research Center based in Jeddah offering some useful publications

Independent think tank focusing on issues of identity, integration, migration & opportunity.

Explore the research done at Essex by members of the CTAR

Statistics on migration and border control from Home Office administrative systems, including EU Settlement Scheme stats and Irregular Migration stats. See also its Migration Research & Analysis section for publications

Independent public body (sponsored by the Home Office) that advises the government on migration issues.

Based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at Oxford University. Focuses on migration to and from the UK.

Interesting project mapping surnames to places in the UK

Official UK government statistics.

The Refugee Council is a leading charity working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. Founded in 1951, it aims to support and empower people who have fled conflict, violence and persecution in order to rebuild their lives

Established in London in 1999 to provide a specialist therapeutic service for refugees and asylum seekers

Measure developed by economist Pham Hoang Van from city, county & state immigration laws since 2005

Large digital collection of historical materials from Harvard University's libraries, archives, and museums which documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the start of the Great Depression. Includes books, pamphlets, serials, manuscripts, diaries, biographies and other writings.

TSOS, hosted by Brigham Young University is an archive of refugee stories, photos and videos, presenting the experiences of refugees in their own words

Collaborative project on US immigration. Includes a large collection of official reports on immigration, mostly from 2000 onwards.