The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations
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Innovative Tools. PRB's wallcharts, including the World Population Data Sheet and the Map of Persistent Child Poverty in the U.S., are searchable via our DataFinder Web tool and make accurate demographic information accessible to a wide audience.
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Influential Reports. Health workers in the developing world use PRB's report on cervical cancer prevention, created in collaboration with the global health nonprofit PATH, to design successful screening programs. PRB and the Russell Sage Foundation published The American People: Census 2000, 14 reports that describe America in the year 2000.
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Unbiased Policy Analysis. For more than 20 years, PRB has hosted a monthly seminar series focused on the policy implications of population issues, including the color line in American society and HIV/AIDS in India.
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Online Resources. PRB's website offers full text of all PRB publications, including our respected Population Bulletins and Web-exclusive data and analysis on world issues ranging from aging to family planning. Our Center for Public Information on Population Research puts new population research findings into context for journalists and policymakers.
PRB empowers people—researchers, journalists, policymakers, and educators—to use information about population, health, and the environment to encourage action.
