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Westminster Facts and Figures
A range of statistics and demographic
information about Westminster.

Geoanalyzer from Encyclopedia Britannica 
Vital statistics on all countries of the world, allowing comparisons on a range of variables.

Office for National Statistics
Statistics from the government statistical office, including a Neighbourhood Statistics section, and results from the 2001 Census.

Community Health Profiles
Show the health of people in local authorities across England.

World Bank
Complex site with a wide range of statistical information available, on individual countries and development topics.

Infonation
United Nations site offering basic comparative statistics on member nations worldwide. You may also want to visit the UN's Statistics Division website which hosts a wide variety of important data from around the world.

Bank of England statistics 
Important British economic statistics including exchange rates, both current and historical from over 40 countries and as far back as 1963.

Conversions from Xreferplus 
A range of essential conversion tables covering area, distance, energy, fuel consumption, power, speed, temperature and weight [Can't get in?]

Currency converter
Convert from one currency to any of 66 others. Includes historical exchange rates back to 1990. You may also want to try
OANDA.com: conversion and history for 164 currencies
XE.com: current and historical rate tables (under "tools" on this site).

Online conversion
All kinds of measures (e.g.: metric / Imperial) with equivalents.

Measuring worth
Comparative tables on money and the purchasing power of the UK pound, in history through to the present.

Business & economics

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