(2013) Ghana has a young population structure: Close to half of the country’s 25 million people are below age 20, and one in five Ghanaians is an adolescent (ages 10 to 19).1
Worldwide, nearly 43 million people were considered forcibly displaced due to conflict and persecution in late 2011 (the most recent global estimate); half of these refugees, internally displaced people, and asylum seekers were women and girls.
(2013) Economic security is out of reach for a growing number of working families in the United States, according to a new analysis of 2011 data from the U.S.
“Distilled Demographics,” PRB’s video series, highlights key demographic concepts such as fertility, mortality, and migration. Through these short videos, you can learn demography’s real-world application and impact.
“Kenya’s Key: Investing in Young People” is an ENGAGE multimedia presentation that portrays how reproductive health for young people lays the groundwork to improve health and well-being, manage rapid population growth, and achieve Kenya’s development goals.
The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth that may result from a decline in a country’s mortality and fertility and the subsequent change in the age structure of the population.
“Family Planning and Gender Equality: Partners in Development,” an ENGAGE multimedia presentation by Population Reference Bureau (PRB), makes the case that in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty by 2015 both family planning and gender equality must be taken into account.
(2012) Although family planning use is increasing in the majority of developing countries, West Africa is lagging behind. Fertility rates among the French-speaking countries of the region remain high with an average of 5.
(Octobre 2012) Bien que l’utilisation de la planification familiale est en hausse dans la plupart des pays en développement, Afrique de l’Ouest est à la traîne.
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