(January 2008) Ethiopia and Nigeria are sub-Saharan Africa’s largest countries by far, with populations of 83 million and 144 million, respectively. They account for more than one-quarter of the continent’s 788 million people, and are integral to its demographic future.
(April 2008) The Middle East and North Africa includes some of the world’s fastest growing countries, and the region as a whole saw its population quadruple in the second part of the 20th century, from 104 million to 400 million.
(2008) Opposition to Kenya’s recent election resulted in days of deadly riots. Kenya’s demographic trends provide some background to the current situation, revealing both advances and continuing challenges.
(January 2008) Mama Joyce and Josephine are unlikely heroines. Mama Joyce, who lives in Mwanza, Tanzania, gave birth to 10 children with her husband, who brought home a second wife and the HIV virus.
2008) In the last five years, interest in global health education has surged.
(2007) In the coming decades, as the share of people ages 65 and older rises, the number of non-institutionalized elderly with significant disabilities due to dementia and chronic diseases associated with aging will swell.
(December 2007) New flows of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are a growing component of the U.S.
(2007) With continuing political turmoil, emergency rule declared, and concerns about how free and fair January elections will be, Pakistan has been under the spotlight recently.
(2007) By 2030, the population of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will increase by more than 2 million, and the population age 65 and older will double.
(2007) By 2030, the population of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will increase by more than 2 million, and the population age 65 and older will double.