Carl Haub
Former Demographer Emeritus
Carl Haub has been associated with PRB since 1979. Despite his retirement more than 10 years ago, he still kindly provides his expertise to the annual World Population Data Sheet. While at PRB, Haub worked on projects in the United States and abroad, including in Belarus, Germany, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Seychelles, and Vietnam. Much of his time at PRB was devoted to answering questions from journalists and reporters on demographic issues. He provided briefings to journalists at newspapers throughout the United States and Europe and gave lectures at meetings and press conferences. Haub holds a bachelor’s degree in government and a master’s degree in demography from Georgetown University.
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