Census and Population Information Available Online
(either contact information or raw data)
Organized by Region and Country

North America Central America Caribbean South America General Population Data
     


NORTH AMERICA

México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) http://www.inegi.gob.mx/

United States: http://www.census.gov

Canada: Census of Population 2001: http://142.206.72.65/01/01_001_e.htm

CENTRAL AMERICA

Belize: Government Website: http://www.belize.gov.bz/

Costa Rica 1984 http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/Poblacion/5/LCG2065/BD65cri.html

Costa Rica: Area de Estadística y Censos

      • Contact Info: Licda. Maria Marta Baiz, Coordinadora General
        Apartado 10163, 1000 San José
        phone: +506 221 96 56
        fax: +506 223 08 13
      • DGEC@ns.meic.go.cr

El Salvador: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos

Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) http://www.ine.gob.gt/ (Under Construction right now)

Honduras: http://www.hondurasinfo.hn/indexeng.html

    • Dirección General de Estadística y Censos
      • Contact Info: Ms. Doris Yolany Garcia de Zuniga, Directora-General
        Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, Comayaguela, M.DC
        phone: +504 222 78 86

Nicaragua: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)

      • Contact Info: Mr. Danilo Farach, Director-General
        Apartado 4031, Managua 5
        phone: +505 2 66 65 64/64 49/61 42/65 80/21 78
        fax: +505 2 66 20 31

Panamá: Dirección de Estadística y Censos http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/

CARIBBEAN

Greater Antilles

Puerto Rico: Oficina del Censo en Puerto Rico (in Spanish) http://www.prsdclead.prstar.net/default.htm

    • Quote from the Puerto Rico Herald about the census in Puerto Rico: “En Puerto Rico, territorio estadounidense, el censo no había incluido una pregunta sobre la raza desde 1950. Pero eso cambió en el censo de este año, generando una confusión similar.”  Translation: “In Puerto Rico, a United States territory, the census never had included a question about race since 1950. But this change with the census this year, creating a similar confusion.” Accessed on the Web, 03/29/01, at http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/vol4n14/Census-es.shtml 
      • Contact Info: Luz H. Olmeda Rivera, Director Area of Economic & Social Planning
        P.O. Box 41119, Minillas Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940–1119
        phone: +1 787 722 20 70
        fax: +1 787 722 67 83

Cuba: Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/estadisticas.htm

    • Contact Info: Mr. Rodolfo Roque Fuentes, Director General
      Paseo No. 60, esq. a 5ta Vedado, Munícipio Plaza de la Revolución, Gaveta Postal 6016, Ciudad de la Habana
      phone: +53 7 33 30 83/30 00 05
      fax: +53 7 33 30 83
    • roque@onered.gov.cu

Haití: Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique

    • Contact Info: Mr. Evens Joseph, Directeur Général (?)
      Cité de l'Exposition, Boulevard Harry Truman, Port-au-Prince
      phone: +509 23 10 11/22 26 69
      fax: +509 22 26 69

Jamaica: Information Centre Statistical Institute of Jamaica: http://www.statinja.com/

    • Center Info: Information Centre Statistical Institute of Jamaica
      9 Swallowfield Road
      Kingston 5
      Jamaica, West Indies Tel: (876)-926-2175-6 or (876)-926-2199 
      Fax: (876) 926-4859
    • statinja@infochan.com
      • Contact Info: Mr. F. Russel, Director General
        97B Church Street, P.O. Box 643, Kingston
        phone: +1 876 967 26 80/89
        fax: +1 876 967 48 59

República Dominicana: Oficina Nacional de Estadística http://www.estadistica.gov.do/

    • Demografia: http://www.estadistica.gov.do/html/mapa_general.htm
      • Contact Info: Maritza Rossi de Perez, Director Nacional de Estadistica
        Av. México esq. Leopoldo Navarro, Apartado de Correos 1342, Santo Domingo D.N.
        phone: +1 809 689 12 66 
        fax: +1 809 686 74 88/688 38 78

Lesser Antilles

Anguila: http://gov.ai/

    • Finance and Account Department Ministry Of Finance: mofgoa@anguillanet.com
    • Statistical Unit                        The Secretariat            (264) 497-5693
       Davis, Brent            bdavis@gov.ai             Statistics Unit
    • Ipinson, Anthea            aipinson@gov.ai            Statistics Unit
    • Romney, Percy            promney@gov.ai            Statistics Unit
    • Principal Assistant Secretary Home Affairs, Labour & Immigration: The Valley  (264) 497-2443

Aruba:Central Bureau of Statistics Publications http://www.arubastatistics.com/Prijslijst.html

      • Contact Info: Mr. Martin Balkestein Central Bureau of Statistics
        L. G. Smith Boulevard 160
        Oranjestad - Aruba
        Tel: (297-8) 37433
        Fax: (297-8) 38057
        E-Mail: cbs@mail.setarnet.aw or cbs@setarnet.aw

Antigua and Barbuda: Ministry of Planning, Implementation & Environment, Statistics Division

      • Contact Info: Mr. Franck Morgen Jacobs, Chief Statistician
        Redcliffe Street, St. Johns, Antigua
        phone: +1 268 462 47 75
        fax: +1 268 460 86 96/462 16 22
      • anustats@candw.ag

Bahamas: Department of Statistics

      • Contact Info: Mr. Charles Stuart, Director, Clarence "A" Main Building, Thompson Boulevard, P.O. Box N–3904, Nassau
        phone: +1 242 325 54 34
        fax: +1 242 325 51 49
      • dpsdp@batelnet.bs

Barbados: Statistical Service

      • Contact Info: Ms.Angela Hunte, Director (Ag)
        National Insurance Building, 3rd Floor, Fairchild Street, Bridgetown
        phone: +1 246 427 73 96/436 63 20 ext.251 
        fax: +1 246 435 21 98
      • barstats@caribsurf.com

Bermuda: Ministry of Finance

      • Contact Info: Statistical Department
        P.O. Box HM 177, Hamilton HM AX, Bermuda
        phone: +1 441 297 77 61
        fax: +1 441 295 83 90

British Virgin Islands

      • Contact Info: Mr. Otto O'Neal
        Central Administrative Complex, Main Street, Road Town, Tortola
        phone: +1 284 494 37 01
        fax: +1 284 494 39 47

U.S. Virgin Islands: http://www.gov.vi/ (Blue Book) or http://www.usvi.org/ The Official site of the Government of the US Virgin Islands.

Cayman Islands: Economics & Statistics Office

      • Contact Info: Mr. Bryan Boxill, Director/Chief Statistician ESO
        Government Administration Building, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
        phone: +1 345 949 09 40
        fax: +1 345 949 87 82

Dominica: Central Statistical Office

      • Contact Info: Ms. Prayma Burton, Chief Statistician
        Ministry of Finance, Industry and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, Roseau
        phone: +1 767 448 24 01 ext. 3400
        fax: +1 767 448 52 00

Grenada: Central Statistical Office

      • Contact Info: Mr. Allan Dragon, Director of Statistics
        Ministry of Finance, Lagoon Road, St. George's
        phone: +1 473 440 13 69/27 31
        fax: +1 473 440 41 15
      • y2kgnd@caribsurf.com

Guadeloupe: http://www.guadeloupe.pref.gouv.fr/  (Prefecture site, French)

Martinique: http://www.martinique.pref.gouv.fr/pages/somangl.html (Prefecture site)

Montserrat: Statistics Department (?)

      • Contact Info: Mr. T. Bodkin, Senior Statistician
        Ministry of Finance & Economic Development, Plymouth
        phone: +1 664 491 37 97
        fax: +1 664 491 20 30

Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Maarten and St. Eustatius)

      • Contact Info: Mr. Siegfried H. Tecla, Director
        Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad, Curaçao
        phone: +599 9 461 42 76/15 49
        fax: +599 9 461 16 96
      • cbscur@ibm.net

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and Development

      • Contact Info: Mr. Oliver Knight, Chief Statistician, Planning Unit
        P.O. Box 186, Basseterre, St. Kitts
        phone: +1 869 465 25 21
        fax: +1 869 466 73 98
      • planningstk@caribsurf.com

Saint Lucia: Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and Planning

      • Contact Info: Mr. Edwin St. Catherine, Director of Statistics
        Block 'B', Castries Waterfront, Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
        phone: +1 758 452 37 16/66 53
        fax: +1 758 451 82 54
      • statsdept@candw.lc

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Statistical Office

      • Contact Info:  Mr. Selwyn Allen, Chief Statistician
        Ministry of Finance and Planning, P.O. Box 603, Kingstown
        phone: +1 784 457 29 21/45 61 11 ext. 377/378
        fax: +1 784 456 24 30
      • cenplan@caribsurf.com

Trinidad and Tobago: Central Statistical Office

      • Contact Info: Mr. Matthew Ramsaroop, Ag. Director of Statistics
        Ministry of Planning and Development, 35–41 Queen Street, P.O. Box 98, Port of Spain
        phone: +1 868 624 24 36/52 06
        fax: +1 868 625 38 02
      • director@wow.net

Turks and Caicos Islands: Ministry of Finance

      • Contact Info: Ms. Mavis Williams
        Assistant Public Sector Investment Officer
        Finance Department, South Base, Grand Turk
        phone: +1 649 946 29 35/29 37/23 72 
        fax: + 1 649 946 25 57

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) http://www.indec.mecon.ar/ 

Bolivia: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) http://www.ine.gov.bo/

Brasil: Fundacao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografía e Estadística http://inge.gov.br/

Contact Info: Mr. Sérgio Besserman Vianna, President
Gabinete da Presidência, Av. Franklin Roosevelt, 166 – 10°
andar/Centro – CEP 20021–120, Rio de Janeiro, R.J.
phone: +55 21 514 45 00 
fax: +55 21 220 59 43
sergiovianna@ibge.gov.br

Chile: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) http://www.ine.cl/

Contact Info: Mr. Máximo Aguilera Reyes, Director Nacional
Av. Presidente Bulnes No 418, Piso 3o, Casilla 498, Correo 3, Santiago
phone: +56 2 366 74 01 
fax: +56 2 696 19 29
inenar@reuna.cl

Colombia: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) http://www.dane.gov.co/

    • Demografía: http://www.dane.gov.co/cen_dem1.htm

      Contact Info: Mr. Eduatdo A. Santiago Molina, Director
      Centro Administrativo Nacional (CAN), Avenida El Dorado, Apartado Aéreo 80043, Santa Fe de Bogotá, DC
      phone: +57 1 222 11 00/56 57 
      fax: +57 1 222 23 05/21 07

Ecuador: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) http://www.inec.gov.ec

Contact Info: Ing. Johny Cevallos M., Director General
Juan Larrea No. 534 y Riofrío, Quito
phone: +593 2 54 41 46, fax: +593 2 50 98 36
 inec1@ecnet.ec

French Guiana: http://www.guyane.cci.fr/ (French, not clear where to find the census information, but there are Chinese living in this country)

Guyana: Statistical Bureau

Contact Info: Mr. Lennox Benjamin, Chief Statitician
Ministry of Economics, Planning and Finance, P.O. Box 542, Georgetown
phone: +011 592 2 56 150
fax: +011 592 2 62 036

Paraguay: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DGEEC) http://www.dgeec.gov.py/ 

    • Censo 1992: http://www.dgeec.gov.py/censos/index.htm

      Contact Info: Lic. Víctor Mora Martínez, Director–General
      Encuestas de Coorreo 1118, Asunción
      phone: +595 21 209 54 24
      fax: +595 21 20 54 42

Perú: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) http://www.inei.gob.pe/

Suriname: General Bureau of Statistics

Contact Info: Mr. Iwan A. Sno, Director (Ag.)
Kromme Elleboogstraat 10, P.O. Box 244, Paramaribo
phone: +597 47 39 27/48 61 ext. 28 
fax: +597 42 50 04 (internal)/10 56 (external)
 Statistics@cq–link.sr

Uruguay: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) http://www.ine.gub.uy/

Venezuela: Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática (OCEI) http://www.ocei.gov.ve/

    • Censo 2000: http://www.ocei.gov.ve/censo2000/index.htm

      Contact Info: Mr. Edgar Paredes Pisani, Jefe
      Presidencia de la Republica, Aptdo. de Correos 400, Carmelitas, Caracas 1010
      phone: +58 2 782 97 35/781 13 80 
      fax: +58 2 782 22 43/861 00 48

General Sites with Census, Demography or Population Information

Link to Directory of contact people in different statistics institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.inei.gob.pe/cie/cie/mod16.htm

The International Labor Organization website (List of Contact people in different Statistical Department in the Americas): http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/contact.htm

US Census Bureau Statistical Office weblinks: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE / CEPAL) http://www.eclac.org/celade/

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) http://www.eclac.org/estadisticas/

Population Research Centers Links http://home.earthlink.net/~gkheilig/Links/links_2e.htm

University of Texas, Austin: Population Research Center http://www.prc.utexas.edu/

University of Princeton: Center for Migration and Development http://cmd.princeton.edu/

Demographic & Development-related Journals

http://home.earthlink.net/~gkheilig/Links/links_2d.htm