Introduction to Cultural Geography (GEOG 1043): Country Information, Maps, and Statistics

from University of Texas at Austin
Large collection of scanned maps

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's site provides over thirty outline maps, predominantly unlabeled. Included are maps showing physical features, national boundaries, continents, and climate from various hemispherical perspectives. The site also provides two historical maps (1776 and 1860) for the United States.

See maps with World Bank data to give a visual entry point to browse projects, news, etc.

Requires Google Chrome to view Google Earth.

Affiliated with National Geographic and International Map Trade Association and Google.

See maps with information on continents, countries, travel, society, economics, etc.

An e-book that emphasizes social customs of each country in the world. Note: Access is available through ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health database

From Oxford Reference Online
Provides brief reports on each country, discussing land, history, people, customs, lifestyle, society, and government.

From the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, military, ....for 266 world entities."

From the U.S. Department of State which includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations.

BBC News provides "full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics, and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Also include audio and video clips from BBC archives."

See World Bank's information about their projects in a country and geographic information.

Designed by Jim Vileta, Business Librarian at University of Minnesota. Contains over 10,000 country-related links.

From Population Reference Bureau. See detailed information about country, regional, and global population patterns. Also provides "up-to-date demographic, health, and environment data for all the countries and major regions in the world."

National and regional reports that draw on the data and analysis of the global Report. 600 reports on 140 countries available.

See country rankings and world population trends

A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.