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Documents Surrounding the
International Conference on Population and Development,

Cairo, 5-13 September 1994

Open Letter to President Clinton: Population Enrichment vs. Population Control

August 15, 1994 NYT ad addressing U.S. policies for the Conference

Statement by Archbishop Martino

Cairo, 7 September 1994

Speech to Women Affirming Life by Cecelia Royals, who attended the Conference

Washington, D.C., 24 September 1994

The Cairo Conference Home Page

World Population 1950-2050 according to Census Bureau

Note that the average annual rate of population growth is falling not only relative to total population, but also in absolute numbers.

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Population Research Institute

Population Reference Bureau

Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute

A Catholic NGO addressing population, development and environment

World Congress of Families II

Geneva, November 14-17, 1999

Speeches (many data-rich) in support of the natural family.

References

Simon, Julian. The Ultimate Resource. Princeton University Press, 1981.

Articles

Interesting Fact

Our planet is not currently overburdened. Imagine an extreme hypothetical example: If the world's entire human population were confined to one area representing just 1% of the earth's land surface, each family of five could make their dwelling on one-third of an acre; the population density of that area would be well under that of Boston, Massachusetts today.[15]

[footnote] 15. Figures on population and land surface area are from World Almanac 1994 [World land surface area is 57.9 million square miles or 37 billion acres; world population is 5.4 billion (p. 828). Dividing 370 million acres (1% of 37 billion) by 1.08 billion (one-fifth of 5.4 billion) yields .34 acres for five people, or 14.6 people per acre. Boston's area is 46 square miles or 29,440 acres; population is 574,283 (p. 663); the same calculations yield 19.5 people per acre]