John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Statesman and Founder of the Population Council
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This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century.
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(June 2000) When it comes to aging in Latin America, Uruguayans are definitely ahead of the pack.
With the largest proportion of people 60 years and older, Uruguay represents the “oldest” nation in Latin America — indeed, in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Afghan Women and Men Far Apart in Literacy
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(2000) The gap in male-female literacy in Afghanistan, which will undoubtedly widen as a result of the current government’s draconian policies, offers a striking illustration of women’s marginal status in that country.
9 Billion World Population by 2050
(2000) The current period of rapid population growth will continue for at least another 50 years, according to the 2000 World Population Data Sheet of the Population Reference Bureau.
The Flap Over Replacement Migration
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Growth in U.S. Population Calls for Larger House of Representatives
(April 2000) Controversy over the use of sampling in the 2000 census for reapportionment prompted a Supreme Court decision and protracted congressional deliberations. Interestingly, the controversy did not prompt Congress to investigate the nuts and bolts of reapportionment.
Alfred Lotka, Mathematical Demographer
Mathematical demography is rarely used in heated political debate.
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America’s Diversity: On the Edge of Two Centuries
(May 1999) The “Y2K” problem has come to symbolize everything that could possibly go wrong on Jan.1, 2000, when computers are supposed to balk at the arrival of the new millennium.