Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Update on India’s Sex Ratio at BirthWednesday, February 9th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer We have been following the development of the sex ratio at birth in India for some time now on the PRB website and the latest figures from ... Read more..37 Percent of World Population Now Being CountedMonday, November 1st, 2010 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Creative Commons license from DC Master."][/caption] China began its decennial 2010 Population Census today as a small army of more than 6 million ... Read more..India’s Nano Off to a Slow StartFriday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty by Carl Haub, senior demographer Few automobile introductions have attracted more media interest that Tata Motor’s new “one lakh” car, the Nano. That’s one lakh, or 100,000, rupees, roughly equivalent to US$ 2,000. ... Read more..Censuses and Political Representation in India and the United StatesMonday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior demographer (Thanks to O.P. Sharma, PRB's consultant in India, for providing the data for this post and checking it for accuracy) With the 2010 U.S. Census, used to ... Read more.. |
