The following databases are maintained and regularly updated by the MPIDR, together with various research partners. Access to the data is free to researchers and other interested persons after a brief process of registration.

• Human Mortality Database
  Death rates and life tables calculated for 37 regions, including the input data (death counts from vital statistics, census counts, birth counts and population estimates).
• Human Fertility Database (HFD)
  Detailed data on births, including different kinds of fertility rates, cohort and period fertility tables, and mean ages at childbearing.
• Human Life-Table Database
  Population life tables from various countries, mostly published by national statistical offices; as well as non-official life tables produced by researchers.
• International Database on Longevity (IDL)
  Data on mortality at the highest ages for different countries, originally collected for ages 110+ (supercentenarians). Now partly extended to younger ages.
• Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
  Online book and data tables containing the highest documented ages for over 3,000 vertebrate species/subspecies.
• Kannisto-Thatcher Database on Old Age Mortality
  Data on death counts and population counts classified by sex, age, year of birth and calendar year for more than 30 countries.
• Generations & Gender Contextual Database
  Demographic, socio-economic and policy data at the national and regional level covering up to 60 countries.
• Comparative Family Policy Database
  Family allowances and parental leave regulations for 22 OECD countries.
• Population and Policy Database
  Information on important policy reforms in fields such as family and long-term elderly care policies, as well as time series of demographic and socioeconomic indicators.