Report. Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
(2001) The people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long played an integral, if sometimes volatile, role in the history of human civilization. MENA is one of the cradles of civilization and of urban culture. Three of the world's major religions originated in the region — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Universities existed in MENA long before they did in Europe.
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today's demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
Population Bulletin vol. 64, no. 2: Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today's demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
(2013) In Zambia, girls often start childbearing before they are 18 years old, and many women end childbearing after the age of 35 (see Figure 1).1 This long period of childbearing contributes to Zambia's high total fertility rate, or average number of children per woman, which at 6.2 is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
(2007) With continuing political turmoil, emergency rule declared, and concerns about how free and fair January elections will be, Pakistan has been under the spotlight recently. But the political arena isn't the only area where challenges persist.
(2002) In a move that marks the Caribbean's success in various spheres of socioeconomic activity, international funding agencies are reducing their financial support for the region's sexual and reproductive health programs.
(2011) American industries rely on good data to make targeted, wise investments. These economic, demographic and social data are largely derived from the American Community Survey (ACS).
In this first of a video series, "Deciphering Population Pyramids," PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a country's demographic profile.