The Demographic Divide: What It Is and Why It Matters
Birth and death rates differ dramatically among the world's countries, often reflecting a gulf between have and have-not nations.

U.S. Immigration and the American Community Survey
A new Census Bureau tool increases what we know about people entering the United States.

In the News

• Abortion in the United States and Worldwide

PRB Training and Conference

• PRB Fellows Program in Population Policy Communications
• Mar. 15-17, 2006: Population, Health, and the Environment: Creating Our Future

United States

• The Drop in African-American Military Enlistment
• The Social and Economic Isolation of Urban African-Americans

Health

• A Global Polio Outbreak Spurs Redoubled Eradication Efforts
• Obesity Creeping Up on Less Developed Countries

PRB History

• Guy Irving Burch and the (Surprisingly Modern) Demographic World of the 1930s

Take A Number

This month: Selective logging doubles Amazon rainforest destruction; many U.S. cities have much bigger populations during the day; and one in every three births in Europe is now outside marriage.

Migration

• The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons

Middle East

• Marriage in the Arab World: A New PRB Policy Brief

Reproductive Health

• Female Condom Could Reduce HIV Rate for Married Women, But Obstacles Remain
• Age Patterns of Unsafe Abortions in Developing Countries