Worldbank Worldwide Governance Indicators - The World Bank's page.

International IDEA - The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization that works to support and strengthen democratic institutions and processes around the world, to develop sustainable, effective and legitimate democracies.

Pew Research Center - The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C.

Democracy - United Nations - The United Nations page.

CIA World Factbook - Informatin on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

World Bank - Countries & Regions  - contains country overvies, statistics, publications, projects & reports that pertain to World Bank efforts in specific countries.

World Health Organization (WHO) - Countries - health statistics of participating WHO countries.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Statistics - world statistics on a wide range of topics, including production, infrastructure, economy, health, and more.