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New UN population projections: Still on track for more than 10 billion people

Population Connection statement on the World Population Prospects 2024

11 July 2024

Population Connection Announces Winners of World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighteen winners earned top spots in the 13th annual World of 8 Billion international student video contest, sponsored by Population Connection. This year, over 3,100 videos were created from 58 countries and 46 U.S. states and territories.

21 May 2024

Population Connection statement on the new IHME fertility projections

New fertility projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) published in The Lancet are being portrayed by some outlets as a shocking impending crash in the number of births worldwide. The study shows no such thing, however.

21 March 2024

Elon Musk is wrong: A “baby bust” is the opposite of our problem

Next Tuesday, July 11, is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day established in 1989 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. It’s not a well-known day, but it should be. Misinformation about demographic trends abounds thanks ...

6 July 2023

Earth4All report: Is population growth really irrelevant?

A provocative new report argues that it is unequal resource distribution, rather than overpopulation, that is driving our environmental crises, but this claim is misleading, as demonstrated by the report’s own data.

28 March 2023

Population Connection statement on COP15 biodiversity agreement

The 190 countries that are parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) reached a major agreement to conserve nature today. Population Connection welcomes the new Global Biodiversity Framework’s aim to protect 30% of all land and sea areas by...

19 December 2022

Population Connection statement on a world of 8 billion

Today, November 15, 2022, the world population has officially grown to 8 billion, according to the UN. While light-hearted media stories about the “8 billionth baby” will likely abound, not enough attention is being paid to what our huge and growing numbers mean for huma...

15 November 2022

8 billion: A major population milestone

World population is projected to cross 8 billion on November 15, 2022, according to the United Nations Population Division. Our large and growing population has enormous implications for human welfare and the environment—we've pulled together some of the most pertinent f...

13 October 2022

These senators and representatives received an F for reproductive rights: Population Connection Action Fund Congressional Report Card

A new report by Population Connection Action Fund assigns a failing grade to every Republican in the House and Senate for their refusal to vote in favor of reproductive rights.

5 September 2022

Population Connection statement on Earth Overshoot Day

July 28 is this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, meaning we've already used up our natural resource budget for the whole year.

27 July 2022