2020 Census Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census be taken every 10 years to count all people both citizens and noncitizens living in the United States. The first census was taken in 1790 and recorded a population of 3.9 million people. The 2010 Census counted 308.7 million people. Test your knowledge of…

Asia and Europe are home to some of the world s oldest populations, those ages 65 and above. At the top is Japan at 28 percent, followed by Italy at 23 percent. Finland, Portugal, and Greece round out the top five at just under 22 percent. Southern Europe, which includes such countries Croatia, Gree…

PRB partnered with SERAC-Bangladesh to develop products calling on decisionmakers to ensure the right of both married and unmarried adolescents to access comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services.

Explore how government, academia, and civil society in Tanzania are embracing multisectoral approaches to development through population, environment, and development (PED) initiatives to preserve wild spaces and enhance people s health and livelihoods.

The SAFE ENGAGE Project has established a Rapid Response mechanism to support advocates, experts, and decisionmakers in their efforts to advance evidence-based policy dialogue and expand access to safe abortion. This mechanism is intended to fill gaps in applicants capacity to create effective commu…

Thirty years ago, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) published Contraceptive Safety: Rumors and Realities to provide policymakers, program managers, and service providers with accurate information on the risks and benefits of contraceptive methods. In 1998 and 2013, PRB updated the resource (and …

Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is a core partner on the Population Council Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive a UKAID-funded research consortium to help end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within one generation. Our role is to build the consortium s capacity …

In a new analysis, PRB identifies factors that predict where children under age 5 are more likely to be missed in the 2020 Census and develops a new undercount risk measure for young children.

WASHINGTON Population Reference Bureau (PRB) today announced it has been awarded a five-year, $30-million cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to accelerate the reduction of preventable child and maternal deaths globally. The new project, MOMENTUM…

La pr sentation ENGAGE montre comment les communaut s religieuses et les jeunes dans le Sahel peuvent uvrer ensemble faire avancer l avenir de la r gion en promouvant un dialogue franc et ouvert et d abord et avant tout en encourageant la tol rance sociale. Elle souligne comment les leaders religieu…

The ENGAGE presentation demonstrates how faith communities and young people in the Sahel can work together to advance the future of the region by promoting a frank and open dialogue, and first and foremost, encouraging social tolerance. It underscores how religious leaders can use their influence in…

Le Protocole de Maputo, adopt en 2003, constitue l un des premiers cadres juridiques pour la protection des droits et des libert s des femmes et des jeunes filles en Afrique. Malgr des progr s, sa mise en uvre reste difficile, puisque neuf femmes africaines sur dix en ge de procr er vivent dans des …