Research Data
Comprehensive People Group List
Access our list of the world’s people groups in a comprehensive list with all fields.
People Groups CSV File
(Current as of 07-17-26)
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Global People Group Field Descriptions
Learn more about the fields that are used to track and catalog the people groups of the world
Current as of March 24, 2026 (.pdf)
New! Using the People Groups API
Learn how you can pull people data from our API in your favorite programming language (beta; may change without warning)
Using the API
Historical GSEC Overview Data
Download by year and month (.pdf)
2024
2023
– 2023-01_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-02_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-03_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-04_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-05_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-06_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-07_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-08_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-09_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-10_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-11_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2023-12_GSEC_Overview.pdf
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
– 2017-01_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-02_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-03_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-04_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-05_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-06_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-07_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-08_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-09_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-10_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-11_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2017-12_GSEC_Overview.pdf
2016
– 2016-01_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-02_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-03_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-04_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-05_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-06_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-07_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-08_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-09_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-10_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-11_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2016-12_GSEC_Overview.pdf
2015
2014
– 2014-01_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-02_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-03_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-04_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-05_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-06_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-07_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-08_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-09_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-10_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-11_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2014-12_GSEC_Overview.pdf
2013
2012
– 2012-01_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-02_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-03_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-04_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-05_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-06_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-07_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-08_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-09_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-10_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-11_GSEC_Overview.pdf
– 2012-12_GSEC_Overview.pdf
2011
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