“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.
(Video Series) The 20th century world population “explosion,” from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6.1 in 2000, was a direct result of the rapid decline in mortality rates in less developed countries.
(2010) The Honorable Amina Salum Ali is the Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United States.
(Video Series) The birth rate is one of the most basic and important measures in demography. But its relevance is not limited to just demographers.
(Mars 2010) Au Mali, pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, l’un des obstacles clefs pour atteindre les objectifs du développement est le faible pourcentage de femmes qui utilisent la planification familiale.
Video Series: Demography can be complicated and confusing. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it.
In this first of a video series, “Deciphering Population Pyramids,” PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a country’s demographic profile.
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(June 2006) Recent reports on the growing U.S.