Population Matters Overview

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

Recent Publications

Demographics and Security in Maritime Southeast Asia — 2006

Brian Nichiporuk, Clifford Grammich, Angel Rabasa and Julie DaVanzo
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Vol 7, No. 1, pp. 83-91, Winter/Spring 2006

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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

Reprint

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

Jill Boberg

Full DocumentResearch Brief

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

Research Brief | Translation: SpanishFull Document

Disarming Development - 2004

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

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Changes in American Opinion about Family Planning - 2004

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

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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

Full DocumentResearch Brief

A Demographic Overview of Metropolitan Pittsburgh - 2004

Peter A. Morrison

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

Julie DaVanzo, Olga Oliker, and Clifford Grammich

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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

Journal Article

Regional Demographics and the War on Terrorism - February 2003

Brian Nichiporuk, RUSI Journal

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