The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who

The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in international affairs or international business. For over 70 years it has been an authoritative and reliable source on countries, organisations, and people, used by governments, MPs, embassies, and IGOs. Its detailed content includes up-to-date and reliable statistics on a wide range of topics. The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who is the only directory that includes profiles of international organisations, states of the world, and an extensive number of biographies in one print  volume.

The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who is available in print and online.  The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who Online  is updated throughout the year, using the most up-to-date statistics from a variety of sources including national offices of statistics and UN bodies.   The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who Online also includes even more extensive content including 1000s more biographies. It has a clear interface and comprehensive search facilities.

Its detailed content enables its users to access comprehensive data in one central source, saving themselves hours of research.

The States of the World section provides the latest statistics, tables, and other information on over 380 countries, provinces, state dependencies and territories.   The concise but comprehensive state profiles include political, demographic, and economic information. The overviews also include information on employment, education, legal systems,  industry, communications, infrastructure, health, religion, communications, and the environment. Also included are cabinet members and elections.  Individual entries for each of the US states,  Canadian provinces, Indian states, Australian states and territories, South African provinces, and German federal states are also published. 

International Organisations: covers the main international and national organisations world wide. It features detailed entries on the UN, its specialised and affiliated agencies, the EU and major inter-governmental organisations. It also includes overviews on over 500 additional organisations including political and humanitarian groups, and organisations in the fields of environment and agriculture, international trade, law and human rights, culture and sport.

The print edition contains almost 1,800 biographies of significant and relevant individuals world wide including heads of states, politicians, prime ministers, cabinet ministers, state governors, diplomats, central bankers, heads of inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, and the legal profession.

The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who Online also provides access – free of charge – to the highly prestigious Who’s Who in Public International Law.

The International  Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who 2024, ISBN 978-0-9954972-7-6
To be published February 2024, €745, US$990

For the purchase of online edition please contact sales@brill.com for more information.

For orders of earlier print editions, please contact iyb@globalreachpublishing.co.uk.