Population Matters Overview

Highlighting the Policy Relevance of Demographic Research

The goals of the Population Matters program are to highlight the importance of population policy issues, and to supply a more scientific basis for public debate over population policy questions. Learn more.

Program activities include:

  • Identifying important and topical population issues
  • Reviewing relevant, scientifically sound research on these issues
  • Summarizing and synthesizing the research and drawing policy implications
  • Disseminating this information to key audiences through the most effective means
  • Translating selected products into various languages

Demographics and Security: The Contrasting Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh — 2005

C. Christine Fair, Clifford Grammich, Julie DaVanzo, Brian Nichiporuk

Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Summer 2005, pp. 53-76

Liquid Assets: How Demographic Changes and Water Management Policies Affect Freshwater Resources - 2005

Jill Boberg

Population Implosion? Low Fertility and Policy Responses in the European Union - 2005

Disarming Development - 2004

Julie DaVanzo, Clifford Grammich, Brian Nichiporuk, C. Christine Fair.  Published in Peace and Conflict Studies, Oct. 2004, 7 [10]: 14-15

Changes in American Opinion about Family Planning - 2004

Clifford Grammich, Julie DaVanzo, Kate Stewart. Published in Studies in Family Planning, 35[3]: 197-206

Low Fertility and Population Ageing: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options - 2004

Jonathan Grant, Stijn Hoorens, Suja Sivadasan, Mirjam van het Loo, Julie DaVanzo, Lauren Hale, Shawna Gibson, William Butz

A Demographic Overview of Metropolitan Pittsburgh - 2004

Peter A. Morrison

Too Few Good Men: The Security Implications of Russian Demographics - Summer/Fall 2003

Julie DaVanzo, Olga Oliker, and Clifford Grammich

A Shrinking Russia - July/April 2003

Julie DaVanzo, Olga Oliker, and Clifford Grammich. One of 10 essays by RAND analysts in Headlines Over the Horizon, in The Atlantic Monthly

Regional Demographics and the War on Terrorism - February 2003

Brian Nichiporuk, RUSI Journal

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China May Have Technological, Economic Edge Over India in 2025, but Also Demographic Disadvantage — Aug 22, 2011

As India and China continue to grow in prominence, each nation has certain advantages, but neither one is primed to have clear across-the-board competitive advantages over the other.

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