Population Council Research that makes a difference

Paul Demeny, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scholar

Paul Demeny has been Distinguished Scholar at the Population Council since 1989. He has served as the editor of the Council’s Population and Development Review, which he founded, since 1975. He was a vice president of the Council from 1973 to 1988. His research focuses on population policy, international migration, food security, and replacement fertility issues. Prior to joining the Council, he was founder and director of the East-West Population Institute in Honolulu and a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, where he was also associate director of the Population Studies Center. With Council colleague Geoffrey McNicoll, he organized the 2002 Bellagio conference on “The political economy of global population change, 1950–2050.”

Among Demeny’s professional affiliations are the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where he has been a Fellow since 1974; the Population Association of American, whose president he was in 1986; and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, which named him as Laureate in 2003. He is the recipient as well of the 2003 Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for Excellence in Writing and Editing in the Population Sciences.

Invited lectures and professional engagements have taken Demeny overseas more than 180 times during the past four decades. He has consulted for the World Bank, the United Nations, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Department of State, among others.

Paul Demeny, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scholar

Political Economy of Population Change (more)
The Council is conducting research on the political dimensions of demographic change at the local, national, and international levels.
(1/2005 - 12/2009)
Topics: Population policy and demographic analysis
Countries: United States

Paul Demeny, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scholar

Population policy and the demographic transition: Performance, prospects, and options 
Demeny,Paul; Lee,Ronald D.; Reher,David Sven
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 37, pp. 249-274
Publication date: 2011

Demographic dimensions of China's development 
Vermeer,Eduard B.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 115-144
Publication date: 2006

Europe's demographic future: Determinants, dimensions, and challenges 
Coleman,David; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 52-95
Publication date: 2006

India: Population change and its consequences 
Lal,Deepak; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 145-182
Publication date: 2006

Managing a world on the move 
Zolberg,Aristide R.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 222-253
Publication date: 2006

Population and the natural environment: Trends and challenges 
McNeill,J.R.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 183-201
Publication date: 2006

Seeking sustainability: Cities, countryside, wilderness 
Victor,David G.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 202-221
Publication date: 2006

The political demography of the world system, 2000-2050  (PDF) 
Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 213)
Publication date: 2006

The political demography of the world system, 2000-2050 
Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 254-287
Publication date: 2006

The political economy of African population change 
Clapham,Christopher; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 96-114
Publication date: 2006

The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050  (HTML) 
Publication date: 2006

World population 1950-2050: Perception and response 
Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050, pp. 1-51
Publication date: 2006

Population futures for the next three hundred years: Soft landing or surprises to come?  (abstract) (PDF) 
Demeny,Paul
Population and Development Review 30(3): 507-517
Publication date: 2004

Adolescent fertility 
Mensch,Barbara S.; Singh,Susheela; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 14-16
Publication date: 2003

Demographic surveillance systems 
Phillips,James F.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 204-206
Publication date: 2003

Demographic transition 
Casterline,John B.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 210-216
Publication date: 2003

Education 
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 278-283
Publication date: 2003

Encyclopedia of Population 
Publication date: 2003

Modern methods of contraception 
Segal,Sheldon J.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 170-174
Publication date: 2003

Population policy dilemmas in Europe at the dawn of the twenty-first century  (abstract) (PDF) 
Demeny,Paul
Population and Development Review 29(1): 1-28
Publication date: 2003

Population policy: A concise summary  (PDF) 
Demeny,Paul
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 173)
Publication date: 2003

Spontaneous abortion 
Segal,Sheldon J.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 913-914
Publication date: 2003

Population and food security in the 21st century: Book review 
Demeny,Paul
Pathways (July/September): 49-49
Publication date: 2002

Prospects for international migration: Globalization and its discontents  (abstract) 
Demeny,Paul
Journal of Population Research 19(1): 65-74
Publication date: 2002

Fertility, proximate determinants of 
Bongaarts,John; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 412-417
Publication date: 2001

Intellectual origins of post-World War II population policies in South Asia 
Demeny,Paul; Sathar,Zeba A.; Phillips,James F.
from Fertility Transition in South Asia, pp. 331-346
Publication date: 2001

Où va la population mondiale? [Where is world population headed?] 
Demeny,Paul; Dupaquier,Jacques
from Panoramiques: Population [Overview: Population], pp. 186-191
Publication date: 2000

An economist's use for sand: Review of Garrett Hardin, The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia 
Demeny,Paul
Nature 401(6753): 528-529
Publication date: 1999

Policy interventions in response to below-replacement fertility  (abstract) 
Demeny,Paul
Population Bulletin of the United Nations 40/41(special issue: Below Replacement Fertility): 183-193
Publication date: 1999

Treatment of population questions at UN conferences 
Demeny,Paul; Hohn,Charlotte
from Advising Policy-makers in Population Matters, pp. 59-65
Publication date: 1999

Can the growing human population feed itself? 
Bongaarts,John; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from The Earthscan Reader in Population and Development, pp. 306-312
Publication date: 1998

Population growth and the state: Reconciling private wants and the public interest 
Demeny,Paul; Dore,Mohammed H.I.; Mount,Timothy D.
from Global Environmental Economics: Equity and the Limits to Markets, pp. 168-190
Publication date: 1998

The Earthscan Reader in Population and Development (U.S. edition title: The Reader in Population and Development) 
Publication date: 1998

Tradeoffs between human numbers and material standards of living 
Demeny,Paul; Davis,Kingsley; Bernstam,Mikhail S.
from Resources, Environment, and Population,, pp. 408-421
Publication date: 1991

Rural development, population growth, and the international system 
Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Cain,Mead
from Rural Development and Population: Institutions and Policy,, pp. 345-365
Publication date: 1990

Demography and the limits to growth 
Demeny,Paul; Teitelbaum,Michael S.; Winter,Jay M.
from Population and Resources in Western Intellectual Traditions,, pp. 213-244
Publication date: 1989

Demography and the limits to growth 
Demeny,Paul
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 2)
Publication date: 1989

World population growth and prospects 
Demeny,Paul
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 4)
Publication date: 1989

Pronatalist policies in low-fertility countries: Patterns, performance, and prospects 
Demeny,Paul; Davis,Kingsley; Bernstam,Mikhail S.; Ricardo-Campbell,Rita
from Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Societies: Causes, Consequences, Policies,, pp. 335-358
Publication date: 1987

Paul Demeny, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scholar

Depopulation: Concept, consequences, and countermeasures (abstract)  
Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 1 October
Demeny,Paul
Publication date: 2009

The political demography of the world system: The next half century  
Presentation at the XXVe Congrès International de la Population, Tours, France, July
Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
Publication date: 2005