Distilled Demographics: Addressing Population Myths
Video Series: Demography can be complicated and confusing. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it.
Video Series: Demography can be complicated and confusing. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it.
The 2020 Census count of people experiencing homelessness takes place in the middle of peak wildfire and hurricane seasons—and the coronavirus pandemic—making a complicated process even more challenging.
Since the early 1960s, many countries have instituted large-scale programs to provide contraceptive access and services to their populations.
(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.
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.
(2015) Each year, undernutrition contributes to the deaths of more than 3 million children under the age of 5—or about one out of every two child deaths. In addition, globally, more than 160 million children under 5 are stunted.