Statistics: General Collections of Statistics

A good list of web sites with statistical (and other) information, divided into over a dozen categories.

"The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations."

Statista is a statistics web portal that gathers data from over 18,000 sources. It's main business is as a pay site, but much of what they offer is free. Be sure to check out the sources for the information you retrieve -- you may be able to go to those sources and access those statistics directly.