MANILA – The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has sounded the alarm over declining population growth in several rural provinces, citing data from the 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) ...

Human well-being has significantly improved over the past three decades. Life expectancy has risen globally from 64.5 years in 1994 to 73.7 years in 2024. Poverty declined from nearly 34 per cent of ...

Undersecretary Lisa Grace Bersales on Tuesday underscored the urgent need to assess existing policies on aging to identify gains and implementation gaps as the country’s senior population hit almost ...

Thirty years ago, the international community gathered in Cairo, Egypt, for the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and approved an ambitious plan of action that would ...

THE Commission on Population and Development (CPD) underscores the urgent need to assess the progress of the Philippines’ policies on ageing with the aim of identifying gains and policy gaps. It is ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Each year, World Population Day is observed on July 11 to raise awareness about global population issues and their impact on society. Established by the United Nations in 1989, the day highlights the ...