Used sources on population.us
Every footer have sources for used data shown on that page. On this page you can find all sources on one place, but only link to their start page with description, not direct link to data.
- census.gov - most important source of our information. Historical and predicted population estimates, census data, area and latitude longitude of the county or settlement.
- un.org - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division - used for country level population estimates.
- boundaries.us - country, state and county boundary CSV data.
- Maps used as background in population mapping are published by Tom Patterson, US National Park Service
- population.city provided birthday population calculator (on population.us used for USA and states population on given date)
- www.pewforum.org - religions in U.S., data also used in animation embed in start page
Population books:
Most of the historical population numbers are from census.gov. Some of these books are used to check few population data (country, state, city or town population). They also contain much more interesting historical population data:
- Encyclopaedia Britannica world atlas, 1947
- Ritter's geographisch-statistisches Lexikon, 1910
- The international atlas 1972
- Huizinga. Internationaal aardrijkskundig woordenboek, 1958 (in Dutch language, city names with population in native or in English)
- Földünk Országai (Countries of the Earth), Kossuth Kiadó, 1975, ISBN 963 06 0371 7 (in Hungarian)
- Földrajzi Világatlas, Cartographia, 2004, ISBN 963 352 570 5 CM, page 171 (in Hungarian)
- The international atlas 1972
- Geografski Atlas, Zavod za kartografiju "Geokarta", 1982 (in Serbian)
Additional sources used in animation on home page:
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