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Population Growth Continues to Hinder Nepal’s Economic Progress

(2002) Wedged between the world's two population billionaires, China and India, Nepal is struggling with its own population pressures.

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Did South Korea’s Population Policy Work Too Well?

(2010) Many developing countries adopted policies to slow population growth in the latter half of the 20th century in response to population growth rates that had risen to three or more times greater than those ever observed in industrialized countries.

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World Population Highlights 2007: Urbanization

(September 2007) The world is on the verge of a shift: from predominantly rural to mainly urban.

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Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)

The Center for Public Information on Population Research at PRB helps improve the translation and dissemination of major findings from population dynamics research and the communication and cooperation across the NICHD Population Dynamics Research Centers.

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Population Bulletin, vol. 70, no. 2. Aging in the United States

(2015) Population Reference Bureau’s Population Bulletin, “Aging in the United States,” examines recent trends and disparities among adults ages 65 and older, and how baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 are reshaping America’s older population.

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John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Statesman and Founder of the Population Council

This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century. The profiles bring you the insights of contemporary population specialists on the contributions of their predecessors.

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Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: The Role and Impact of Population and Society

(2011) Increasing disaster threats not only reflect the onset of events such as earthquakes or floods, but also the changing demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population.

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Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends

Appalachia’s Aging Population—More Residents Ages 65+, Fewer Ages 25 to 64—Signals Challenges Ahead

(2018) The Appalachian Region’s aging population may pose challenges “down the road” for local governments and community service providers, say the authors of a new Population Reference Bureau (PRB) report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.

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Population Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 3. An Urbanizing World

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