(2007) Provisional results of the 2006 census in Nigeria show that Kano in the north is Nigeria's most populous state (9.4 million), followed by Lagos (9.0 million) in the south. Northern states account for 75 million people, while the southern states are home to 65 million. The total population was 140 million.
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) program, initiated in 2001 with funding from the Ford Foundation, responds to the region's need for timely and objective information on population, socioeconomic, and reproductive health issues.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
(2013) Developed in 2003, the Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development (ARHD) Policy was the first in Kenya to focus on improving the reproductive health and well-being of adolescents and youth.1 Ten years since the policy was developed, Kenya has experienced much advancement and change in the social, economic, and political environment for ARHD.
(2001) How can environmental problems contribute to civil unrest and violence?
(2010) This year's World Health Day (April 7) focuses on the importance of urban health. Urbanization is occurring so rapidly in some parts of the world that cities are not able to keep up with increased demand for environmental, health, and educational services, not to mention the employment, housing, and transportation needs of a population that may double in size in less than 25 years.
(2010) The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, one of the few remaining Communist countries, has demographic similarities and disparities with wealthier, democratic South Korea.
2008) Close to 200 million people are living outside their country of birth. Increasing numbers are refugees fleeing their homeland for another country.
(2006) With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Population Reference Bureau has published five chartbooks on HIV/AIDS for the country of India and for the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.