Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

Birth Rates in India Continue to Decline

Friday, January 11th, 2013 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The crude birth rate (births per 1,000 population) in India has continued its steady march downward, as seen in the 2011 rates reported by the country’s ... Read more..

Quick Takes: HIV Prevalence in Cameroon. A Youth Tax in Germany? Latest on the Sex Ratio at Birth in India

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 Posted in HIV/AIDS, Population Basics, Youth

by Carl Haub, senior demographer HIV/AIDS in Cameroon. The preliminary report of the 2011 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey/HIV (DHS/HIV) has been released (in French). This survey tested 13,503 women and ... Read more..

Empowering Women, Saving Lives in Mumbai

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Shai Venkatraman, reporter, NDTV India and PRB Women's Edition journalist This post was originally published on Shai Venkatraman's blog, beyondtheheadlines. Elizabeth’s five children are waiting for lunch. All she has is ... Read more..

2011 Census Shows How 1.3 Billion People in India Live

Thursday, March 29th, 2012 Posted in Income/Poverty, Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer An attention-getting headline in the major Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu recently observed: “Half of India’s homes have mobile phones, but not toilets.” Such contradictions portray ... Read more..

Sex Ratio at Birth Trend in India Grows More Mixed

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 Posted in Gender

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The abortion of female fetuses in India following a sex determination test, such as ultrasound, has gained worldwide attention. The preference for male children is quite ... Read more..

Quick Takes: DR Congo Fertility, More on Names in India, Family Planning in Africa, and Serbian Census Results

Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Fertility in Democratic Republic of Congo. The 2010 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now available and reports ... Read more..

India: What’s in a Name?

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Many geographic names have changed in India since independence in 1947. For example, major streets were renamed. Queen’s Road in Delhi became Janpath (People’s ... Read more..

Quick Takes: India’s “Demographic Dividend” and Incentives to Lower Birth Rates, China’s One-Child Policy, More Births in Taiwan

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Getting It Right. An Oct. 15 article in The Washington Post focuses on the concept of the demographic dividend, which has become quite popular among ... Read more..

The Caste Census: A Feudal Classification of Society in India?

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics, Race Ethnicity

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Special thanks to O.P. Sharma, former Deputy Director of Census Operations, India, and PRB consultant for supplying many of the facts and main conclusions. The importance ... Read more..

Kerala: A State in India With a Difference

Monday, April 11th, 2011 Posted in Education, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Several weeks ago, I had the new experience of spending a week in Kerala, India. Kerala has long been one of India’s most educated and ... Read more..