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Journalists

Services for Journalists

PRB provides data, data interpretation, and assistance with key demographic terms to print and broadcast media worldwide. Our demographers and information specialists respond daily to reporters who need data, analysis, or just a good quote on a range of global topics, including women's health, population policy, and demographic trends. We also provide quick reference to population and development sources and experts outside of PRB. Requests for assistance may be made by telephone, e-mail, or fax. Go to Media Contacts for more information.

Doing Research?

PRB has a wealth of information to help you with your research. In addition to hundreds of Web-exclusive articles and reports indexed by topic, country, and world region, you can find data and analysis in many more formats on PRB's websites, from ready-made PowerPoint graphics to customized maps and charts, from webcasts of presentations and seminars to blogs about current events. More


Webcasts and Audiocasts

Listen to more than 2 dozen webcasts and audiocasts on topics as wide-ranging as family planning, climate change, world population, aging, immigration, HIV/AIDS, and female genital mutilation. Several of the webcasts include PowerPoint presentations. You can also find videos on PRB's YouTube Channel and audiocasts on PRB's podcast channel on iTunes by searching for "Population Reference Bureau."


  • Press Releases

  •  PRB 2009 World Population Data Sheet: As World Population Approaches 7 Billion, the Youth Population Is More and More Concentrated in Africa and Asia (August 2009) 
  •  Family Planning Saves Lives of Millions of Women and Children Every Year (March 2009)
  •  James Gribble Appointed Vice President, International Programs, PRB (November 2008)
  •  Africa Faces Mixed Progress, Daunting Challenges, in Improving Population Well-Being (October 2008)
  •  PRB 2008 World Population Data Sheet: Global Demographic Divide Widens (August 2008)
  •  PRB 2007 World Population Data Sheet: Malnutrition Is Still a Major Contributor to Child Deaths (August 2007)
  •  PRB to Resume Publication of "New and Noteworthy in Nutrition" newsletter (April 2007)

  • Frequently Asked Questions

  •  World Population
  •  Coastal Populations
  •  World Urbanizations
  •  Muslims
  •  International Migration
  •  Migration: Suburbanization
  •  U.S. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
  •  U.S. Birth Rates
  •  U.S. Emigration


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