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Energy Statistics Yearbook 2007Series J, No. 51, 639 pages, $130Sales Number: B.10.XVII.8The 2007 Energy Statistics Yearbook is the fifty-firstissue in a series of annual compilations of internationallycomparable statistics summarizing world energy trends.Annual data for 224 countries and areas for the period2004 to 2007 are presented on production, trade andconsumption of energy: solids, liquids, gaseous fuels andelectricity. In addition, per capita consumption series arealso provided for all energy products. Graphs areincluded to illustrate historic trends and/or changes incomposition of production and/or consumption of majorenergy products. Special tables of interest includeinternational trade tables for coal, crude petroleum andnatural gas by partner countries - providing informationon direction of trade, selected series of statistics onrenewables and wastes, refinery distillation capacity anda table on selected energy resources.Demographic Yearbook 2007Series R, No. 38, 739 pages, $120Sales Number: E/F.10.XII.1HThe Demographic Yearbook 2007 is the fifty-ninth in aseries published by the United Nations since1948. Itcontains general tables including a world summary ofselected demographic statistics, statistics on the size,distribution and trends in national populations, natality,foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, generalmortality, nuptiality and divorce. Data are shown byurban/rural residence, up to and including 2007 data, asavailable. In addition, the volume provides TechnicalNotes, a synoptic table, a historical index and a listing ofthe issues of the Yearbook published to date. This and allthe previous issues of the Demographic Yearbook containdata on a wide range of topics that make it possible toconduct various in-depth analysis and internationalcomparisons.National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2008Series X, No. 42, 245 pages, $80Sales Number: E.10.XVII.5The National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of MainAggregates 2008 is the thirty-ninth issue of thispublication presenting a series of analytical nationalaccounts tables for more than 200 countries and areas inthe world. It has been prepared by the Statistics Divisionin cooperation with the national statistical offices. Thepublication presents, in the form of analytical tables, asummary of the principal national accounts aggregates asprovided by countries and supplemented with estimatesprepared by the Statistics Division. The tables of thepublication include analysis of data on Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) by different structural components, forexample, by type of expenditure, kind of economicactivity, major area, region and country as well as percapita and as growth rates.World Statistics Pocketbook, 2009Series V, No. 34, 239 pages, $17Sales Number: E.10.XVII.4The United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook 2009 isthe twenty-ninth in a series of annual compilations of keyeconomic, social and environmental indicators. This editionpresents data covering various years from 2000 to 2010 for216 countries or areas of the world, in one-page profiles,and includes over 50 statistical indicators which have beencollected from more than 20 international statisticalsources. For the economic indicators, in general, threeyears - 2000, 2005 and 2008 - are shown; for the indicatorsin the social and environmental categories, data for oneyear are presented. The topics covered include: agriculture,balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food,gender, health, industrial production, information andcommunication, international finance, internationaltourism, international trade, labour, migration, nationalaccounts, population and prices.System of National Accounts, 2008Series: F, No.2/Rev. 5, 722 pages, $150Sales No. 08.XVII.29PThis flagship publication, System of National Accounts,2008 (2008 SNA) is the comprehensive statisticalframework for economic statistics that provides aconsistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts forpolicymaking, analysis and research. It has beenproduced and is released under the auspices of the UnitedNations, the European Commission, the Organisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development, theInternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.It represents an update, mandated by the United NationsStatistical Commission in 2003, of the System ofNational Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA), which wasproduced under the joint responsibility of the same fiveorganizations. Like earlier editions, the 2008 SNAreflects the evolving needs of its users, newdevelopments in the economic environment and advancesin methodological research. The 2008 SNA is theinternational statistical standards for national accountingand provide the methodological basis for improving theinternational comparability of national accounts data.Population and Vital Statistics Report, January 2010Series: A, No. 252-253, 28 pages, $35Sales No. EPV621SUBSCThis issue of the Population and Vital Statistics Reportpresents data for countries or areas on population size(total, male, and female) from the latest available census,estimated total population size for 2007 or 2008 (the lateravailable year), and the number and rate of vital events(live births, deaths, and infant deaths) for the latestavailable year within the past 15 years (1994-2008).These data are presented as reported by nationalstatistical authorities to the Demographic Yearbook of theStatistics Division of the United Nations Department ofEconomic and Social Affairs. This issue also presentsdata for the world and its major areas and regions onestimated population size for both 2007 and 2008. Theseestimates were prepared by the Population Division of theUnited Nations Department of Economic and SocialAffairs.October 2010 – octobre 2010 335