PRB Discuss Online: World Population, 7 Billion on the Horizon
(September 2009) On Aug. 12, 2009, PRB released the 2009 World Population Data Sheet at a press briefing in Washington, D.
Area of Expertise: Population Dynamics and Planning
Data Sheet: Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007
(July 2009) Representative estimates on behavioral, clinical, and biological HIV/AIDS indictors are critical for evaluating a country’s response to the HIV epidemic.
What Is a City? What Is Urbanization?
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
Distilled Demographics: Deciphering Population Pyramids
In this first of a video series, “Deciphering Population Pyramids,” PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a country’s demographic profile.
PRB Discuss Online: Child Poverty in America
(2009) The percent of children in poverty (19 percent based on data released on Sept. 10 by the U.
PowerPoint:Healthy Expectations
(2009) Fifteen years ago, in 1994, the world’s nations forged a visionary plan in Cairo, Egypt, to foster economic development and reduce poverty, with a focus on promoting human rights, empowering women, and erasing inequities within societies.
Youth Bulges, Urbanization, and Conflict
(2009) Whether young people will gain access to education and employment opportunities over the coming years and decades is one of the major questions facing developing countries with large youth populations.
Presentation: 2009 World Population Data Sheet
(August 2009) The Population Reference Bureau released its 2009 World Population Data Sheet on Aug. 12, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington,DC with presentations highlighting children and youth, the theme of this year’s data sheet.
2009 World Population Data Sheet Presentation
(August 2009) The Population Reference Bureau released its 2009 World Population Data Sheet on Aug. 12, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington,DC with presentations highlighting children and youth, the theme of this year’s data sheet.
2009 World Population Data Sheet (PDF – English)
(2009) Global population numbers are on track to reach 7 billion in 2011, just 12 years after reaching 6 billion in 1999. Virtually all of the growth is in developing countries.