September 19, 2022 | Articles
As a woman now in her 60s, I look back and reflect on my life and the choices I have made. The biggest choice was whether or not to have children. At the age of 25, I made the conscious decision not to, and every day I am grateful I…...
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On World Population Day, July 11, 2022, the United Nations Population Division released updated population estimates and projections for the world and all countries. This article describes some of the main findings, based primarily on the summary report of World Population Prospects 2022. According to the new assessment, the world’s…...
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U.S. Birth Rate Up Again, but Aging Trend Remains According to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 3,659,289 births in 2021, an increase of about 46,000, or 1 percent, from 2020. The CDC’s analysis found that during the initial Covid-19 lockdowns in spring…...
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September 19, 2022 | Articles
How one organization, Population Foundation India, is reacting to the news and working toward a healthier, more equitable future for all Indians Village Health, Sanitation, and Nutrition Committee meeting in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh On November 15, the world is projected to reach the astounding population milestone of 8 billion, according…...
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Fellow demography nerds, rejoice! The United Nations Population Division released its long-awaited World Population Prospects 2022 on World Population Day (July 11). These updated estimates and projections are typically published every two years, but Covid-19 caused delays in data collection that pushed publication back by a year. The new data…...
Read MoreJune 21, 2022 | Articles
Farewell to Stacie Murphy The author of this column for the past 15 years has moved on to a new chapter in her career. Stacie Murphy started working at Population Connection as a Government Relations Fellow in 2007; by the time she left, in April, she had served as Director…...
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June 21, 2022 | Articles
Dr. Marni LaFleur is the Founder and Director of Lemur Love, an organization in Madagascar that Population Connection is proud to support. Marni is also an Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego, where she teaches Biological Anthropology, and she’s a member of the International Union for Conservation of…...
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Are we there yet? That’s a familiar, if frustrating, refrain heard by those sharing long car rides with young children. When it comes to our own population mission, “getting there” entails three key steps: Attaining replacement rate fertility: Demographers define that level as about 2.1 children per woman in low-mortality…...
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June 21, 2022 | Articles
Originally published by The Telegraph Africa’s population is on track to double by 2050. Experts warn the continent’s high birth rate perpetuates poverty—so does the solution lie in family planning? Sarah Newey visits Ghana to find out. Pictures by Simon Townsley. Senior and Junior are asleep in their mother’s arms,…...
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