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.
(2002) Wedged between the world's two population billionaires, China and India, Nepal is struggling with its own population pressures.
The Population Reference Bureau released its 2010 World Population Data Sheet on July 28, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC with presentations highlighting global aging, the theme of this year's data sheet.
Project: BRIDGE: Bringing Information to Decisionmakers for Global Effectiveness
(juin 2014) L'utilisation de contraceptifs varie considérablement à travers le monde, à la fois en termes de consommation totale et les types de méthodes utilisées.
(2011) The world's population is growing—and aging. Very low birth rates in developed countries, coupled with birth rate declines in most developing countries, are projected to increase the population ages 65 and over to the point in 2050 when it will be 2.5 times that of the population ages 0-4. This is an exact reversal of the situation in 1950.
Project: BRIDGE: Bringing Information to Decisionmakers for Global Effectiveness
(2008) La fracture démographique — ou inégalité entre les profiles de population et de santé entre pays riches et pays pauvres — se creuse.
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.
(2008) The U.S. population is set to reach 400 million by 2039, four years earlier than previously projected, according to new population projections from the U.S. Census Bureau.
(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.
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
(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.