What Is a City? What Is Urbanization?
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
(2010) In the United States, the number of children in single-mother families has risen dramatically over the past four decades, causing considerable concern among policymakers and the public.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The 2020 World Population Data Sheet offers the latest population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries and territories, each carefully researched by PRB’s expert team of demographers and analysts.
(2004) A new comparative study using nationally representative information on domestic violence in nine developing countries finds that women whose fathers abused their mothers are twice as likely to suffer domestic abuse themselves.
(2010) De nombreux pays font face à une diminution de leur population en âge de travailler (généralement considérée comme étant les personnes âgées de 15 à 64 ans).
(2006) The United States is set to reach a milestone in October. Joining China and India, it will become the third country to be home to at least 300 million people.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.