Share Your World Population Data Sheet Story
As I grew in this field—from student, to professor, to expert—the Data Sheet was always there, just as it has been for students, teachers, and researchers around the world since 1962.
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Dear friend of PRB,
Long before I joined this organization, I had the World Population Data Sheet pinned above my desk. It was my first real window into demography—a single poster that captured the world’s countries, their people, and their stories in all their complexity. Year after year, it was my go-to reference, helping me see how population trends connect across the globe.
As I grew in this field—from student, to professor, to expert—PRB’s Data Sheet was always there, just as it has been for students, teachers, and researchers around the world since 1962. That’s why, as PRB’s CEO, it’s especially painful to share that with the abrupt closure of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health, we’ve lost the major funder that has made this resource possible. And as a new school year begins, I know many classrooms and researchers will go without the Data Sheet for the first time in more than 60 years.
We know how valuable the Data Sheet is, and we’re doing everything we can behind the scenes to keep it alive. But we need your help. I’d love for you to share your own Data Sheet story—how you’ve used it to teach, to learn, to research, or to spark curiosity. Together, we can show just how much this resource matters and, with enough momentum, bring it back for the next generation.
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Jennifer D. Sciubba
President and CEO
Population Reference Bureau
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For more on this topic, consider the following resources:
- Rose Maruru, « De l’engagement à la pratique : Comment la localisation se fait-elle localement ? », EPIC-Africa. Also available in English: “From Commitment to Practice: How is Localisation Doing Locally?”, Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, Aug. 16, 2023. (Rose Maruru is the founder of the Dakar-based EPIC-Africa, which seeks to enhance philanthropic impact by filling critical data and capacity gaps in the philanthropic market infrastructure in Africa.)
- Adama Coulibaly, « Décoder les mots-clés du développement : Comprendre la signification de la localisation et de la décolonisation, » EPIC-Africa. Also available in English: “Decoding Development Buzzwords: Understanding the Meaning of Localization and Decolonization.” (Adama Coulibaly is Global Programs Director, Oxfam International.)
- Abdoul Karim Saidou, « La participation citoyenne dans les politiques publiques de sécurité en Afrique : analyse comparative des exemples du Burkina Faso et du Niger, » International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement 11, no. 1 (2019). Also available in English: “Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger.”
- World Bank, Engaging Citizens for Better Development Results (Independent Evaluation Group, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018).
- Michel Maietta, “Shifting the Power: A Few Hard Truths on Localisation,” Inter-Agency Research and Analysis Network.
- Coopération Canada, Le transfert de pouvoir au sein de la coopération internationale : Etablir des liens (2023). Also available in English: Cooperation Canada Shifting Power in International Cooperation.
- Dylan Mathews, “Localization, Decolonizing and #ShiftThePower: Are We Saying the Same Thing?” June 14, 2022.
- Localisation and Decolonisation: the difference that makes the difference, Peace Direct (2022).
- Beyond the buzzwords: how can we fix localisation to shift power in humanitarian aid? September 3, 2024, Dr Hamid Foroughi, Dr Paul R Kelly
- Andrea Cornwall, Karen Brock – Beyond Buzzwords: “Poverty Reduction”, “Participation” and “Empowerment” UNRISD Nov 2005
- Localization at USAID: the vision and approach, August 2022.
- TIME Initiative: Landscape Analysis (2023).
- Dr. Allysha C. Maragh-Bass, Dr. Tamar Chitashvili – Language Matters: Core Concepts in Equity-Based Reform in Global Development.
- Moses Isooba, How Use of Language Can Breathe Life into Localization, July 2024. Moses Isooba is head of the Uganda National NGO Forum and a member of Re-Imagining the International NGO (RINGO).
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