Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
2014 World Population Data Sheet
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges.
(2009) Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world's population, and more than 1 million children die each year of malaria-related complications.
PRB is a partner on the PROPEL Health project, which is working to support more equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy, financing, governance, and advocacy.
(2012) Sub-Saharan Africa's population will likely more than double by 2050 even if fertility drops steadily, from 856 million today to almost 2 billion people.1 There will be more than twice as many people to feed in a region that already faces great food security challenges.
Over the last two decades, Ethiopia has experienced an impressive decline in fertility, enjoyed strong economic growth, and made great strides in poverty reduction.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
(2008) Fertility has declined significantly throughout the developing world, and in Latin America total fertility rates (TFRs) have declined by 50 percent over the last three decades, from 5.0 births per woman in 1970 to only 2.5 today.1