The report offers a description of current demographics, including density, population structure, and the components of population change. It explains projection procedures and provides results, including...
The report offers a description of current demographics, including density, population structure, and the components of population change. It explains projection procedures and provides results, including...
Women are at much greater risk in childbirth in developing countries than in developed countries. This report explores why maternal mortality continues to be so high in developing countries, and why emergency...
This paper lists numerous indicators that could be used to monitor and evaluate family planning and suggests ten potentially useful for most projects. These ten cover all aspects of a family planning program:...
This edition of World Population Projections is the sixth in this series, updating the 1992-93 edtion published in 1992. Since the previous volume was completed, a large number of countries have published...
This volume contains demographic estimates and projections for the world and its subdivisions - countries, regions, and income groups. The data used as input for each project include base-year (mid-1985)...
Population growth rates in sub Saharan Africa are the highest of any region in the world. From 1980 to 1985, its growth rate was 3.2 percent a year, whereas in Latin America, the next highest, it was 2.3...
The population of the region is growing at 2.4 percent a year, second only to the Africa region, and should double in size in about 30 years. Regional growth would appear even more rapid were growth not...
From data on population program expenditures in 46 countries, estimates are derived for total expenditures in the major regions of the developing world in 1980. In all, about $2 billion was spent by external...