Population Resource Bureau’s award-winning Digital Visualization highlights key global demographic trends. Explore current and projected population by region and country. And look at changes in total fertility, infant mortality, and life expectancy since 1970. A U.S. “What-If” scenario focuses on the effects of race and ethnicity on child poverty, child obesity, and college degrees.
2014 World Population Data Sheet. Explore detailed information in this year’s data sheet on 16 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries. We have several products that highlight the data and analysis, including adigital visualization, interactive map, data in DataFinder, and lesson plan for teachers.
PRB’s Women’s Edition Reporters Help Bring Criminals to Justice. News reporting in the past year by PRB’s Women’s Edition participants has been instrumental in exposing violence against women to authorities in Kenya and Pakistan and forging a path to justice for women who were raped.
Child Mortality Rates Decline Steadily Across Much of the World. Across the globe, many countries have made significant progress in reducing child mortality.
Countries Vary in Progress Toward Reducing Still-High Maternal Mortality. Globally, the maternal mortality ratio dropped from 380 deaths to 210 deaths per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013.
Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014. Today, the share of global population under age 20 has dropped to about 35 percent, the population between ages 20 and 64 represent 58 percent, and ages 65 and older represent 7 percent.
Extreme Poverty Rate Falls in Many Countries. Globally, 1.2 billion people still live on less than $1.25 a day, and disproportionately large numbers of them live in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
As Life Expectancy Rises in the United States, Gaps Between Whites and Blacks Are Decreasing The remaining gaps between whites and blacks are one factor contributing to lower life expectancy at birth in the United States compared with other developed countries.
PRB Recognizes International Day of the Girl. Explore PRB’s content on the progress made toward empowering girls and the challenges that still remain.
