World Names

25 February 2017

Michael Minn (www.michaelminn.com)

NAME
POSTAL
FORMALNAME
CAPITAL

Admin 0 – Countries
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/110m-cultural-vectors/

WB2016
WBA2016

World Bank Country Names and Country Codes

The country code table includes the WITS System country names for statistical
purposes and both the International Standards Organization (ISO) 3-digit
alphabetic codes and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) 3-digit
equivalent numeric codes. The names and codes are used in all of the three
databases.

UN2012
UN Country Names
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/26th-gegn-docs/WP/
WP54_UNGEGN%2520WG%2520Country%2520Names%2520Document%25202011.pdf

FAO2012
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country Names

POP1960
POP2015
Population, total (1960 and 2015)
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which
counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values
shown are midyear estimates.
(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects,
(2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical
offices,
(3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics,
(4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report
(various years),
(5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and
(6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.

GDP 2015
Gross Domestic Product (current US$)
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
INFANT2015
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year
of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Estimates Developed by the UN
Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN
DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Projected data are from
the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects; and may in
some cases not be consistent with data before the current year.

BPQUAD2015
Primary Energy Consumption in Quads (quadrillion British Thermal Units)
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-
energy.html

GINI
Gini index (World Bank estimate)
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI
World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household
survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank
country departments. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet
( iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

GINIYEAR
Year for Gini index value
World Bank data does not give values for all countries in all years.
This is the year for the data in the GINI field

HDI2014
Human Development Index, 2014
United Nations Development Programme
http://hdr.undp.org/en/data

HAPPY2016
World Happiness Report rankings for 2016 from the Gallup World Poll
http://worldhappiness.report/