Community Action Addresses Population Impacts on the Environment
(2007) Many developing countries possess abundant natural resources, but these resources can be threatened by population pressures and poverty, among other factors.
(2007) Many developing countries possess abundant natural resources, but these resources can be threatened by population pressures and poverty, among other factors.
Government policymakers and planners around the world use population projections to gauge future demand for food, water, energy, and services, and to forecast future demographic characteristics.
(2011) China, the world's only other "demographic billionaire," along with India, released the results of its Nov. 1, 2010 Census on April 28.
(2020) The economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States include an unemployment rate higher than at any time in the country’s history—including the Great Depression. As an unprecedented number of Americans struggle with job loss, many of them may lose their homes. Many others may lose their homes due to natural disasters or other crises.
(2001) Immigration since World War II has transformed Australian society and population. Many residents of Australia are immigrants or are the children of immigrants.
PRB spoke with him about his goals for the program and future implications for the study of demography.
(2004)World population was transformed in the 20th century as technological and social changes brought steep declines in birth rates and death rates around the world. The century began with 1.6 billion people and ended with 6.1 billion, mainly because of unprecedented growth after 1960.
(2018) Many children may lose public health insurance and nutrition assistance benefits under proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy.