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Population


Overviews and Factsheets


Family Planning: A Human Right Open this link in a new window
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Fifty facts from The World Health Report 1998 Open this link in a new window
Facts on population, life expectancy, health etc.
WHO (World Health Organization)

How Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services Affect the Lives of Women, Men, and Children Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Population and Biodiversity Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Population and the Environment Open this link in a new window
Population Connection

Population Issues Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Population Issues: Environment Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Population Issues: Reproductive Health Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Population, Consumption, and the Environment Open this link in a new window
Sierra Club

Population: The Issue Open this link in a new window
The Population Institute

Six Billion and Beyond...Why World Population Is Still Growing Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Some Population Facts and Figures Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

Why Population Matters to Natural Resources Open this link in a new window
Population Action International


Other Key Articles and Documents

Is population the problem? Open this link in a new window
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad

Population?! Open this link in a new window
Michael Albert, Z Magazine

What Is Overpopulation? Open this link in a new window
Population Reference Bureau

Why Population Matters Open this link in a new window
Population Action International


Reports and Publications

2002 World Population Data Sheet Open this link in a new window
Contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for 200 countries.
Population Reference Bureau

Nature's Place: Human Population and the Future of Biological Diversity Open this link in a new window
Population Action International

People in the Balance: Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium Open this link in a new window
Despite humanity’s success in feeding a growing world population, the natural resources on which life depends are increasingly depleted or strained.
Population Action International

State of World Population 1996: "Urban Populations" Open this link in a new window
Within ten years, more than half the people in the world will be living in cities. Most of the urban population increase will be in developing countries.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 1997: "The Right to Choose" Open this link in a new window
Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health gaps and failures in reproductive health care result in millions of deaths and permanent injuries, mostly to women in developing countries.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 1998: "The New Generations" Open this link in a new window
More young people than ever are entering their childbearing and working years. At the same time, the number and proportion of people over age 65 are increasing at an unprecedented rate.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 1999: "6 Billion: A Time for Choices" Open this link in a new window
Global population is still rising by about 78 million people a year. Half the world is under 25 and there are over a billion young people between 15 and 24, the parents of the next generation.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 2000: "Men and Women in a Time of Change" Open this link in a new window
Shows that systematic discrimination against women and girls causes extensive suffering and lost opportunities for both women and men, and holds back efforts to reduce poverty, improve health, stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and slow rapid population growth.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 2001: "Population and Environmental Change" Open this link in a new window
Human activity is altering the planet on an unprecedented scale. The report examines the close links between environmental conditions, population trends, and prospects for alleviating poverty in developing countries.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 2002: "People, poverty and possibilities" Open this link in a new window
UNFPA's annual report on global population issues.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

World Population: More Than Just Numbers (PDF) Open this link in a new window
A quick, clear, and comprehensive discussion of world population trends in the 21st century.
Population Reference Bureau



Other Articles and Documents

"The Global Gag Rule" Open this link in a new window
A U.S. policy that denies foreign organizations receiving U.S. family planning assistance the right to use their own, non-U.S. funds to either engage in any abortion-related public policy debates or perform legal abortions.
Population Action International

Sierra Club Population Policies Open this link in a new window
Sierra Club

World Population Beyond Six Billion Open this link in a new window
This Population Bulletin, published in March 1999, chronicles the demographic history of the world and the changes in population in less developed and more developed countries.
Population Reference Bureau