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Ending harmful practices and helping girls and women thrive: Q&A with Nashipai

February 24, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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Between 2 and 26 billion? Study projects human population up to 2300

February 22, 2023 | Post

Population models generally don’t extend beyond 2100 because high uncertainty makes it very difficult to project demographic trends far into the future. An interesting recent study, however, uses sophisticated models to provide a rough idea of what our far-future population might look like. Extending the UN’s probabilistic population models, the…...

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Closing health gaps in Mayan communities: Q&A with Wuqu' Kawoq

February 14, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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Transforming communities through girls' empowerment: Q&A with Kakenya's Dream

February 3, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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A helping hand for Kenya's vulnerable girls: Q&A with HKSAI

January 28, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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Reaching the unreachable with reproductive healthcare: Q&A with WINGS

January 24, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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China's population has peaked — that's good news

January 20, 2023 | Post

The country with the largest population for the past 300 years, now home to 1.4 billion people, has officially begun shrinking, according to new demographic data. Many media outlets are painting this development as a potential disaster — it isn’t. Rather, it represents a necessary transition to a more sustainable…...

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Re: China’s Population Has Shrunk. India Might Now Be the World’s Most Populous Country

January 17, 2023 | Post

We submitted the following letter to the editor at TIME magazine on January 17, 2023, and are sharing it below since it wasn’t published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. You can see…...

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Re: China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis

January 17, 2023 | Post

We submitted the following letter to The New York Times editor on January 17, 2023, and are sharing it below since it wasn't published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. You can see…...

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Unlocking the potential of Zambia's youth: Q&A with the African Education Program

January 13, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

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