Statistics Sweden’s statistics are available for new services

From: http://www.scb.se/Pages/List____354067.aspx

Now companies and private individuals have access to Statistics Sweden’s statistics, which can be used for new products and services. This involves data from the Statistical Database that can be digitally transferred via a programming interface called an API.


APIs (Application Programming Interface) can be processed and used, for example, to build apps for smartphones or new web services. You can use tables or parts of tables from the Statistical Database at Statistics Sweden free of charge.

The ambition of the Swedish Government's digital agenda is to improve conditions for the reuse of public information from government agencies for both commercial and non-profit purposes. This is also regulated in the PSI Directive and the INSPIRE directive from the EU.

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New U.S and World Population Clock from the Census Bureau

View THE CENSUS BUREAU’S NEW POPULATION CLOCK to see an interactive projection of the population, including the rate of births, deaths and net migration. Explore tables on the most populous countries in the world, as well as the most populous states, cities and counties in the U.S.

US Census Bureau Named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Open Data API

From: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2013/04/04/us-census-bureau-named-a-2013-computerworld-honors-laureate-for-open-data-api/

Janet Wagner, April 4th, 2013

Computerworld has named the US Census Bureau a 2013 Honors Laureate for the development of the US Census Bureau API which was released in July 2012 and is the first-ever API released to the public by the US Census Bureau.

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