IPUMS International Historical Geographic Information System

The International Historical Geographic Information System (IHGIS) provides data tables from statistical publications of population and housing censuses and agricultural censuses from around the world. Topics covered vary by census. Population and housing censuses typically cover topics such as demographic characteristics, household structure, education, economic activity, migration, and physical characteristics of dwellings. Agricultural censuses typically cover topics such as type and size of farms, area and yield of various crops, number and type of livestock and other animals, access to resources and services, planting and irrigation practices, and farm employees.<br>Version 1: The first archived version of IPUMS IHGIS covers twenty-nine countries and includes data tables from twenty-two population censuses and eleven agricultural censuses, along with GIS-compatible boundary files that can be used to map the data.