We're keeping our CEO @JenniferSciubba busy. She just finished two panels in Abidjan at the #DemographicFuturesDialogue hosted by @UNFPA and @_AfricanUnion with @AfDB_Group. Next week it's the @ParisPeaceForum to talk about birth rates and women’s choices.

Stay tuned.

ICYMI: Our 2026 World Population Data Sheet webinar is now streaming! 🎥 Here's what you'll find....

⏱️ 3:00 Global population trends
⏱️ 16:15 Why data is public infrastructure
⏱️ 23:30 Tour of our new World Population Data Explorer
⏱️ 33:45 Audience Q&A
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Juggling paid work and caregiving can take a toll on health and employment. Join our Nov. 18 webinar with two researchers on work hours, sleep, and “sandwich caregiving” across the life course.

Register: buff.ly/6l88wc5

#NICHDimpact

🌍 @TEDTalks is spotlighting our CEO @JenniferSciubba's talk again, and the message is more relevant than ever: the world is getting older, but that doesn’t mean we can’t build a resilient future.

Worth a rewatch ⬇️ ted.com/talks/jennifer…

🎂 97 is a prime number. And we feel like we’re hitting ours. 🎉

Since 1929, PRB has worked to make population data accessible, accurate, and useful. Thank you to our funders, partners, colleagues, alumni, and everyone who’s shared our work.

🥂 Cheers to 97 years!

⏰ TWO DAYS LEFT TO APPLY: PRB seeks a consultant to strengthen #FamilyPlanning resource mobilization advocacy in Tanzania. Submit CV, 3 references & daily rate by Oct 30, 5pm Nairobi time. Details: buff.ly/DkgYIc4

Meet our newest trustee! David Lessing, COO of the Dalio Family Office, has joined PRB’s Board as we gear up for our 100th anniversary in 2029.

Read the full story: buff.ly/W0t1jNE

⭐ SEATS ARE FILLING FAST! Join us tomorrow as we launch our 2026 World Population Data Sheet, with insights from the team of experts who built it.

🔗 Register now: buff.ly/2BOribw

🛡️ 📊 Have you joined the Federal Data Forum?

The Forum connects researchers, practitioners, and advocates working to protect and improve federal statistics. If you work with public data—or care about its future—this community is for you.

🔗: buff.ly/lOtP80L

This Friday: PRB CEO @JenniferSciubba joins a @JohnsHopkins convening on demography & planetary health to talk about communicating population trends to audiences outside the field, with @borenbears of @AP and moderator @sdesmon.

Agenda: buff.ly/euQcgrl

📢 📰 PRB in the News: @Deseret explores what our 2026 World Population Data Sheet reveals about a world that is aging yet still growing—and why countries with similar fertility rates can be on very different paths. deseret.com/u-s-world/2026…

On Oct. 27, PRB's @MarkSMather joins a panel at @BPC_Bipartisan and @NatlGovsAssoc's American Opportunity Project event to discuss America's demographic challenge, near and long term, and what it means for the fiscal outlook. Join in DC or online: buff.ly/WxVVvlD

A rural Maine hospital closed its labor & delivery unit. 29 days later, a woman arrived with a prolapsed umbilical cord, and the nearest delivery hospital was 45 miles away.

Falling births don’t mean falling need for emergency care. New from @rachelyavs. prb.org/news/when-birt…

More than 1.5 million kids were missed in the 2020 Census. Three proposed changes for 2030 could make it worse, affecting funding and representation for a decade.

PRB’s @MarkSMather explains what’s at stake: prb.org/news/children-…

#Census2030

Demographic trends aren’t inherently good or bad. On “Humans,” @hankgreen and PRB CEO @JenniferSciubba explore what a smaller future could look like, and why it calls for curiosity instead of alarm. 🎧

Worth a listen: buff.ly/4FIpW7R

🗓️ How might concern about fertility decline affect #SRHR?

Join @PRBdata, @EngenderHealth & @FP2030Global on Oct 22. for a closed-door briefing on new findings from Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Asia & the Pacific.

🔗 Register: buff.ly/xmqmLKb

PRB works to anchor important conversations in data. For six decades, our World Population Data Sheet has been one of the most visible ways we do that, putting reliable population data in the hands of educators, students, and others around the globe. 🌍🧵

Your support makes that possible. For a limited time, give $200+ and we'll send you a printed copy of the 2026 Data Sheet as a thank-you.

Give $500+ and you'll also receive a copy of the inaugural 1962 edition, a piece of PRB history. 📊

Learn more and donate: prb.org/donate*

*Under IRS guidelines, the estimated value of the printed 2026 and 1962 Data Sheets is not substantial, so the full amount of your contribution is tax-deductible.

Last week was a big week at PRB: our Board of Trustees met in DC to dig into what's worked this year, what we've learned, and how we keep population data at the center of decisions that matter.

Plus a new trustee, two farewells, and some trick-or-treating 🎃 🍬