Between 2010 and 2011, the U.S. population increased by 0.7 percent, after averaging 0.9 percent growth each year from 2000 through 2010. The United States added just 2.3 million people from 2010 to 2011, compared with 2.9 million from 2005 to 2006, just five years earlier. The decline in U.S. population growth is likely due to a confluence of factors: lower levels of immigration, population aging, and declining fertility rates.
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Third Annual Malthus Lecture:
May 22, 2012
"How Can We Feed a Growing World and Still Sustain the Planet?" will be the topic of the Third Annual Malthus lecture, in Washington, D.C., on May 22. Dr. Jonathan Foley, director, Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the lecture. He will focus on strategies that can be implemented to meet the world's future food security and sustainability needs, doubling the world's food production while greatly reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture. The Malthus Lectureship is co-sponsored by the Population Reference Bureau and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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Why Population Matters to Malawi's Development
Malawi's first National Leader's Conference on Family Planning, Population, and Development took place from May 8-9, 2012, in Lilongwe. PRB, in collaboration with the Department of Population and Development in the Division of Development Planning at the Ministry of Economic and Development Planning of Malawi, prepared several materials for the conference, including a data sheet, booklet, PowerPoint slides, and a multimedia presentation. For Malawi to achieve its full set of growth and development goals, it must address population growth, and family planning is a key strategy toward achieving these goals.
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Population and Economic Development 2012 Data Sheet
PRB's Population and Economic Development 2012 Data Sheet, with 21 indicators from 140 low- and middle-income countries, presents a complex picture of countries still struggling with economic challenges and inequalities, while others are making significant headway. Though there are fewer low-income countries in 2012 than there were in 2000, those that have graduated into middle-income status continue to battle persistent poverty and variations in inequalities.
* Infographic: How Does Wealth Affect Health in Sub-Saharan Africa?
* PowerPoint: Population and Economic Development
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Population and Food Security: Africa's Challenge
Nearly 240 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack adequate food for a healthy and active life, and record food prices and droughts are pushing more people into poverty and hunger. This PRB policy brief examines trends in population growth, fertility, and family planning in sub-Saharan Africa and makes the case that investments in women and family planning are necessary to fulfill future food needs.
* Video: Interview with Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment, PRB
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