"For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing in the period 1950-2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive,...

"Provides a statistical summary of the responses of Governments to population growth, size and age structure; health and mortality; fertility, reproductive health and the family; population distribution and internal migration; and national population policies and the implementation of the...