Concern about the size of the world’s population did not begin with the Baby Boomers. Overpopulation as a conceptual problem originated after World War I and

From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the soci

This volume presents the first comprehensive set of population projections by age, sex, and level of education for over 170 countries up to the year 2100.

Today our planet is home to 6.8 billion people. By the year 2050, the global population will have grown to 9 billion. Yet the problems that will come with this

The world population surpassed the seven billion mark in 2011, yet many women and couples still lack access to reproductive health services. These facts have pr