Earth Policy Institute Resources on POPULATION and HEALTH
Global Population Indicator
Eco-Economy Indicators are twelve trends that the Earth Policy Institute tracks to measure progress in building an eco-economy. When assessing the adequacy of basic resources such as land or water over time, population is the universal denominator: as population expands, per capita availability shrinks.
During 2004, 133 million people were born and 57 million died, expanding world population by 76 million. This excess of births over deaths was concentrated in the developing countries, which added 73 million people compared with only 3 million in the industrial countries. World population, growing by 1.2 percent annually, is projected to reach 6.4 billion in 2005. MORE...
Key Data Related to POPULATION and HEALTH:
Figure 1: World Population, Annual Addition, and Growth Rate, 1950 to 2000, with Projection to 2050
Figure 2: World Average Fertility Rate, 1950 to 2000, with Projection to 2050
Figure 3: Total Fertility Rate and Population by Region, 2003
Figure 4:Total Fertility Rate in the Developed World and the Developing World graph table
Figure 5: Life Expectancy by Continent, 1950 to 2000, with Projection to 2050
Figure 6: World Average Life Expectancy, 1950 to 2000, with Projection to 2050
Figure 7: Life Expectancy at Birth in Botswana, 1950 to 2000, with Projection to 2050
Figure 8: World Population, 1950 to 2000, with Projections to 2050 graph table
From the Eco-Economy Updates:
Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll (24 August 2004)
U.S. Leading World Away from Cigarettes (18 February 2004)
Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees (28 January 2004)
Record Heat Wave in Europe Takes 35,000 Lives (9 October 2003)
Deserts Advancing, Civilization Retreating (27 March 2003)
Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger (23 January 2003)
Sterilization is World's Most Popular Contraceptive Method (15 October 2002)
Air Pollution Fatalities Now Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 3 to 1 (17 September 2002)
Iran's Birth Rate Plummeting at Record Pace (28 December 2001)
Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise-Deprived Societies (19 December 2000)
HIV Epidemic Restructuring Africa’s Population (31 October 2000)
Africa Is Dying — It Needs Help (18 July 2000)
Population Growth Sentencing Millions to Hydrological Poverty (21 June 2000)
World Kicking the Cigarette Habit (10 May 2000)
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