LibGuides: Country Information: Cities

City Information

City Population
Population statistics for the major cities and agglomerations of each country of the world.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World This link opens in a new window
Based upon the 1998 print edition of The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, which had 163,000 entries, this revised online edition adds some 7,000 new ones, with many revisions to existing entries.

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an encyclopedia of geographical places and features. Entries include information on many of the following: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.

Coverage: Current

CityLab
The Atlantic Cities covers urban design, transit, planning, jobs, housing, and lifestyles all over the globe.
Mapping America: Every City, Every Block
A project of The New York Times, "Every City, Every Block" creates a very user-friendly interface for looking at the latest numbers from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Planetizen
Planetizen is a public-interest information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning, design, and development community.
Quality of Living City Rankings
Mercer conducts the ranking to help governments and multi-national companies compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments.
Sister Cities Internatiional
Membership with Sister Cities International is a great way for your community to establish meaningful and lasting global connections.
Streetfilms
Streetfilms produces short films showing how smart transportation design and policy can result in better places to live, work and play.
UN-Habitat
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements.

Citing Your Sources

A citation is a record of where you encountered a certain idea. Citing your sources helps other scholars track down resources they find of interest. Proper citation helps us all build on our knowledge.