DemoTables '96 is a no-nonsense data browser. It is the first and only tool that gives you a "one-click access" to demographic data for all countries worldwide - covering a period from 1950 to 2050. The software combines an easy-to-use interface with a solid data base on demographic trends worldwide.

DemoTables '96 includes data from the "United Nations World Population Prospects: The 1996 Edition". These are the most widely used demographic assessments and projections for all countries and major regions worldwide. Especially the historical estimates of population trends from 1950 to 1995 are the most authoritative population data on a worldwide country-by-country basis. The UN World Population Prospects are used by numerous international agencies (including the World Bank, the WHO, the FAO, and others), national research centers and individual researchers. All leading international research programmes on global (environmental) change (such as the IPCC, IGBP, HDP, LUCC) have based their research and modeling activities on this demographic data set.

DemoTables '96 now makes most of these 1996 UN population data easily accessible on your laptop or Personal Computer. The demographic information is displayed in "Smart Tables" which give you immediate access to the data base. It is not necessary for you to remember cryptic file names or sub-directories. You do not have to load or convert data files or select indicators for table columns through a complicated menu structure. One click, and you can immediately see a table with a carefully selected set of demographic indicators - perfectly formatted for screen display. By setting a filter (with one click!) you can easily focus on certain regions or sub-regions. You can also sort countries or regions by a large number of demographic indicators with just one click of the mouse.

DemoTables '96 was developed by Gerhard K. Heilig for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in association with the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). The copyright for the DemoTables '96 software is owned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).