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United Nations Raises Projected World Population

(2013) The United Nations Population Division has just released its comprehensive estimates and projections, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. The results show a larger global population size in 2050, 9.6 billion, up from the 9.3 billion that the UN projected in its 2010 Revision. A major reason for the higher projection is higher fertility (birth rates) in some countries than previously estimated, particularly in Africa. Much of that information comes from recent demographic surveys.

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Albania’s Fertility Decline Tied to Traditional Family Planning Methods

(2010) Although sharing a land border with Greece and just across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, Albania was socially and politically isolated from the rest of Europe when it emerged from Soviet influence in the early 1990s.

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U.S. Sports Teams: Demographic Changes Expand Franchises

(2006) As the population of the United States grew from 200 million to 300 million from 1967 to 2006, some fast-growing major metropolitan areas scored big time in the major league sports arena. Phoenix went from zero to four major sports teams.

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Forest Conservation and Population Growth Among Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon

(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

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Spousal Violence in Egypt

(2010) One-third of Egyptian women have been physically abused by their husbands, according to the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey; and 7 percent said they are beaten "often." These women mostly suffered silently and did not seek help.

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Lesson Plan: 2017 World Population Data Sheet

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An Overview of Population and Development in Vietnam

At the time of the April 1, 1999 Census, the population of Vietnam stood at just over 76 million, making it the 13th largest country in the world. From 1979 to 1999, nearly 24 million people were added to the country's population.

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Could Russia’s Dire Demographics Have Played a Role in Its Invasion of Ukraine?

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Lesson Plan: 2020 World Population Data Sheet

(2020) PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an excellent reference and data analysis tool. Teachers are encouraged to have their students use the Data Sheet for a variety of topics and activities.

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Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services

How Will We Measure the Accuracy of the 2020 Census?

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