Population Council Research that makes a difference

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.

Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

John Bongaarts is a Population Council vice president and distinguished scholar and has worked at the Council since 1973. His research focuses on the determinants of fertility, population–environment relationships, the demographic impact of the AIDS epidemic, population aging, and population policy options in the developing world. His studies on AIDS in the late 1980s and early 1990s tracked the spread of the epidemic and its effects on mortality. His research on fertility issues, a prevailing interest throughout his 30-year career, has helped developing countries construct population policy options. His statistical analyses have shown how such diverse factors as malnutrition, the availability of birth control, the duration of breastfeeding, and the accessibility of abortion have affected global and local birth patterns. This research has laid the foundation for effective population forecasts that have galvanized population policy in several countries, including China and developing nations in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mr. Bongaarts serves as chairman of the Panel on Population Projections of the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. He is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the Robert J. Lapham Award (1997) and the Mindel Sheps Award (1986) from the Population Association of America and the Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (1980). Dr. Bongaarts has a master’s degree in systems analysis from the Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in physiology and biomedical engineering from the University of Illinois.

 

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.

Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developing World (more)
Future declines in fertility in some developing countries may not be as rapid as in the past, and in a number of countries fertility may stall above the replacement level for a prolonged period.
(1/1997 - ongoing)
Topics: Population policy and demographic analysis
Countries: Developing Countries

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.

Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

A demographic explanation for the recent rise in European fertility  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Sobotka,Tomas
Population and Development Review 38(1): 83-120
Publication date: 2012

A demographic perspective on Japan's 'Lost Decades'  (PDF) 
Aoki,Reiko; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 103-112
Publication date: 2012

Cross-sections are history  (PDF) 
Easterlin,Richard A.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 302-308
Publication date: 2012

Demographic metabolism: A predictive theory of socioeconomic change  (PDF) 
Lutz,Wolfgang; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 283-301
Publication date: 2012

Executive summary -- Family planning programs for the 21st century: Rationale and design  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Cleland,John C.; Townsend,John W.; Bertrand,Jane T.; Das Gupta,Monica
Publication date: 2012

Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Cleland,John C.; Townsend,John W.; Bertrand,Jane T.; Das Gupta,Monica
Publication date: 2012

Fertility and population policy in Algeria: Discrepancies between planning and outcomes  (PDF) 
Ouadah-Bedidi,Zahia; Vallin,Jacques; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 179-196
Publication date: 2012

Fertility transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa different?  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Casterline,John B.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 153-168
Publication date: 2012

Global population trends and policy options  (abstract) 
Ezeh,Alex C.; Bongaarts,John; Mberu,Blessing U.
Lancet 380(9837): 142-148
Publication date: 2012

Intergenerational transfers, the biological life cycle, and human society  (PDF) 
Lee,Ronald D.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 23-35
Publication date: 2012

Low fertility in historical perspective  (PDF) 
Livi Bacci,Massimo; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 72-82
Publication date: 2012

National wealth  (PDF) 
Dasgupta,Partha; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 243-264
Publication date: 2012

On demographic and democratic transitions  (PDF) 
Dyson,Tim; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 83-102
Publication date: 2012

Patriarchal demographics? China's sex ratio reconsidered  (PDF) 
Greenhalgh,Susan; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 130-149
Publication date: 2012

Peak farmland and the prospect for land sparing  (PDF) 
Ausubel,Jesse H.; Wernick,Iddo K.; Waggoner,Paul E.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38 (15), pp. 217-238
Publication date: 2012

Population and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Paul Demeny  (HTML) 
Publication date: 2012

Population change among the elderly: International patterns  (PDF) 
Stokes,Andrew; Preston,Samuel H.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 309-321
Publication date: 2012

Population growth and policy options in sub-Saharan Africa 
Bongaarts,John; Jaworski,Jared A.
from Advances in Sociology Research, pp. 141-160
Publication date: 2012

Population, policy, and politics: How will history judge China's one-child policy?  (PDF) 
Feng,Wang; Cai,Yong; Gu,Baochang; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 115-129
Publication date: 2012

Reflections on post-transition demography  (PDF) 
McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 3-19
Publication date: 2012

Résumé Exécutif -- Les programmes de planification familiale du XXIe siècle: fondement et conception  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Cleland,John C.; Townsend,John W.; Bertrand,Jane T.; Das Gupta,Monica
Publication date: 2012

The French school of demography: Contextualizing demographic analysis  (PDF) 
Petit,Veronique; Charbit,Yves; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 322-333
Publication date: 2012

The intergenerational welfare state  (PDF) 
Folbre,Nancy; Wolf,Douglas A.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 36-51
Publication date: 2012

The last eighty years: Continuities and change  (PDF) 
Smil,Vaclav; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 265-279
Publication date: 2012

The recent fertility transition in Rwanda  (PDF) 
Westoff,Charles F.; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 169-178
Publication date: 2012

The twilight of the census  (PDF) 
Coleman,David; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 334-351
Publication date: 2012

Why demographic suicide? The puzzles of European fertility  (PDF) 
Pritchett,Lant; Viarengo,Martina; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 55-71
Publication date: 2012

Working misunderstandings: Donors, brokers, and villagers in Africa's AIDS industry  (PDF) 
Watkins,Susan Cotts; Swidler,Ann; McNicoll,Geoffrey; Bongaarts,John; Churchill,Ethel
supplement to Population and Development Review, vol. 38, pp. 197-218
Publication date: 2012

Can family planning programs affect high desired family size in sub-Saharan Africa?  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(4): 209-216
Publication date: 2011

Family planning as an economic investment  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Sinding,Steven W.
SAIS Review of International Affairs D31(2): 35-44
Publication date: 2011

Global trends in AIDS mortality  (HTML) 
Bongaarts,John; Pelletier,Francois; Gerland,Patrick; Rogers,Richard G.; Crimmins,Eileen M.
International Handbooks of Population (8), pp. 171-184
Publication date: 2011

Population policy in transition in the developing world  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Sinding,Steven W.
Science 333(6042): 574-576
Publication date: 2011

Population, poverty, and sustainable development: A review of the evidence  (PDF) 
Das Gupta,Monica; Bongaarts,John; Cleland,John C.
Policy Research Working Paper (5719)
Publication date: 2011

Rising food prices raise spectre of Malthus  (HTML) 
Bongaarts,John
People & the Planet 
Publication date: 2011

Fertility and public policy 
Bongaarts,John; Ritzer,George; Ryan,J.Michael
from 2010 Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Publication date: 2010

Global HIV/AIDS policy in transition  (abstract) (HTML) 
Bongaarts,John; Over,Mead
Science 328(5984): 1359-1360
Publication date: 2010

How many more AIDS deaths? 
Bongaarts,John; Pelletier,Francois; Gerland,Patrick
Lancet 375(9709): 103-104
Publication date: 2010

Population growth, policy options, and public health 
Bongaarts,John; Finkel,Madelon
from Perspectives in Public Health: Challenges for the 21st Century
Publication date: 2010

The causes of educational differences in fertility in sub-Saharan Africa  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 20)
Publication date: 2010

When is a tempo effect a tempo distortion?  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Genus 66(2): 1-14
Publication date: 2010

Population: le nouveau défi
  (PDF) 
Bruce,Judith; Bongaarts,John; Mazur,Laurie
from A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge, pp. 1-16
Publication date: 2009

A response to critics of family planning programs  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Sinding,Steven W.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35(1): 39-44
Publication date: 2009

A response to critics of family planning programs [Authors' reply] 
Bongaarts,John; Sinding,Steven W.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35(3): 153-154
Publication date: 2009

Global trends in AIDS mortality  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Pelletier,Francois; Gerland,Patrick
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 16)
Publication date: 2009

Human population growth and the demographic transition  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 364(1532): 2985-2990
Publication date: 2009

Kenya's fertility transition: Trends, determinants and implications for policy and programmes  (PDF) 
Askew,Ian; Ezeh,Alex C.; Bongaarts,John; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 2009

The new population challenge  (PDF) 
Bruce,Judith; Bongaarts,John; Mazur,Laurie
from A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge, pp. 260-275
Publication date: 2009

Trends in senescent life expectancy  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population Studies 63(3): 203-213
Publication date: 2009

"Food and population: The return of Malthus?" commentary  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Publication date: 2008

Afterthoughts on the mortality tempo effect 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith; Barbi,Elisabetta; Vaupel,James W.
Demographic Research Monographs (14), pp. 263-269
Publication date: 2008

Estimating mean lifetime 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith; Barbi,Elisabetta; Vaupel,James W.
Demographic Research Monographs (2), pp. 11-27
Publication date: 2008

Fertility transitions in developing countries: Progress or stagnation?  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Studies in Family Planning 39(2): 105-110
Publication date: 2008

Fertility transitions in developing countries: Progress or stagnation?  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 7)
Publication date: 2008

Five period measures of longevity 
Bongaarts,John; Barbi,Elisabetta; Vaupel,James W.
Demographic Research Monographs (12), pp. 237-245
Publication date: 2008

Has the HIV epidemic peaked?  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Buettner,Thomas; Heilig,Gerhard; Pelletier,Francois
Population and Development Review 34(2): 199-224
Publication date: 2008

Has the HIV epidemic peaked?  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Buettner,Thomas; Heilig,Gerhard; Pelletier,Francois
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 9)
Publication date: 2008

How Long Do We Live?


Demographic Models and Reflections on Tempo Effects 
Demographic Research Monographs
Publication date: 2008

Population growth 
Bongaarts,John; Parillo,Vincent N.
from Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Publication date: 2008

The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith; Barbi,Elisabetta; Vaupel,James W.
Demographic Research Monographs (3), pp. 29-65
Publication date: 2008

What can fertility indicators tell us about pronatalist policy options?  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008: 39-55
Publication date: 2008

Late marriage and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Population Studies 61(1): 73-83
Publication date: 2007

The causes of stalling fertility 
Bongaarts,John; Hussain,Azmal
from Demographic Transition: A Global Perspective
Publication date: 2007

How long will we live?  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 32(4): 605-628
Publication date: 2006

How long will we live?  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 215)
Publication date: 2006

Late marriage and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 216)
Publication date: 2006

The causes of stalling fertility transitions  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Studies in Family Planning 37(1): 1-16
Publication date: 2006

The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
from Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2006, pp. 115-151
Publication date: 2006

Five period longevity measures  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Demographic Research 13(21): 547-558
Publication date: 2005

Long-range trends in adult mortality: Models and projection methods  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Demography 42(1): 23-49
Publication date: 2005

The causes of stalling fertility transitions  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 204)
Publication date: 2005

The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 207)
Publication date: 2005

Long-range trends in adult mortality: Models and projection methods  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 192)
Publication date: 2004

Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 185)
Publication date: 2004

Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 30(1): 1-23
Publication date: 2004

Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions [Arabic]  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 185)
Publication date: 2004

Population policies: Demographic aspects of 
Bongaarts,John; Post,Stephen G.
from Encyclopedia of Bioethics, pp. 2083-2087
Publication date: 2004

Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population Studies 57(3): 321-336
Publication date: 2003

Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 177)
Publication date: 2003

Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences [Arabic]  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 177)
Publication date: 2003

Estimating mean lifetime  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 179)
Publication date: 2003

Estimating mean lifetime  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(23): 13127-13133
Publication date: 2003

Future population trends 
Bongaarts,John; International Food Policy Research Institute
from Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020: Proceedings of an International Conference, September 4-6, 2001, Bonn, Germany
Publication date: 2002

Future trends in contraceptive prevalence and method mix in the developing world  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Johansson,Elof D.B.
Studies in Family Planning 33(1): 24-36
Publication date: 2002

How long do we live?  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 156)
Publication date: 2002

How long do we live?  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Population and Development Review 28(1): 13-29
Publication date: 2002

Living arrangements of the elderly in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Zimmer,Zachary
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 57B(3): S145-S157
Publication date: 2002

Population: Ignoring its impact 
Bongaarts,John
Scientific American 286(1): 67-69
Publication date: 2002

The end of the fertility transition in the developed world  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 28(3): 419-443
Publication date: 2002

The end of the fertility transition in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John
Completing the Fertility Transition UN document ESA/P/WP.172/Rev.1
Publication date: 2002

The end of the fertility transition in the developing world  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 161)
Publication date: 2002

A population commotion 
Bongaarts,John
Foreign Policy (July-August): 8-12
Publication date: 2001

Dependency burdens in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John; Birdsall,Nancy; Kelley,Allen C.; Sinding,Steven W.
from Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World, pp. 55-64
Publication date: 2001

Fertility and reproductive preferences in post-transitional societies 
Bongaarts,John; Bulatao,Rodolfo A.; Casterline,John B.
from Global Fertility Transition,, pp. 260-281
Publication date: 2001

Fertility change, quantum and tempo 
Bongaarts,John; Smelser,Neil J.; Baltes,Paul B.
from International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, pp. 5522-5525
Publication date: 2001

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

Household size and composition in the developing world  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 144)
Publication date: 2001

Household size and composition in the developing world [Arabic]  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 144)
Publication date: 2001

Household size and composition in the developing world in the 1990s  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population Studies 55(3): 263-279
Publication date: 2001

Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Zimmer,Zachary
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 148)
Publication date: 2001

Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys [Arabic]  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Zimmer,Zachary
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 148)
Publication date: 2001

Population forecasts 
Bongaarts,John; Breslow,Lester
from Encyclopedia of Public Health, pp. 942-
Publication date: 2001

Population growth and policy options in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith; Pinstrup-Andersen,Per; Pandya-Lorch,Rajul
from The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation, pp. 61-65
Publication date: 2001

Prospects for fertility decline and implications for population growth in South Asia 
Bongaarts,John; Amin,Sajeda; Sathar,Zeba A.; Phillips,James F.
from Fertility Transition in South Asia, pp. 401-422
Publication date: 2001

The end of the fertility transition in the developed world  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 152)
Publication date: 2001

Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population 
Publication date: 2000

Future trends in contraception in the developing world: Prevalence and method mix  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Johansson,Elof D.B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 141)
Publication date: 2000

On the quantum and tempo of fertility: Reply  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Population and Development Review 26(3): 560-564
Publication date: 2000

The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Westoff,Charles F.
Studies in Family Planning 31(3): 193-202
Publication date: 2000

The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Westoff,Charles F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 134)
Publication date: 2000

Completing the demographic transition  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Bulatao,Rodolfo A.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 125)
Publication date: 1999

Completing the demographic transition  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Bulatao,Rodolfo A.
Population and Development Review 25(3): 515-529
Publication date: 1999

Fertility decline in the developed world: Where will it end? 
Bongaarts,John
American Economic Review 89(2): 256-260
Publication date: 1999

Population growth and policy options in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John
Development Bulletin 47 : 21-23
Publication date: 1999

Population momentum 
Bongaarts,John; Mason,Andrew; Merrick,Thomas; Shaw,Paul R.
from Population Economics, Demographic Transition, and Development: Research and Policy Implications (World Bank Working Paper), pp. 3-15
Publication date: 1999

The fertility impact of changes in the timing of childbearing in the developing world  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population Studies 53(3): 277-289
Publication date: 1999

The fertility impact of changes in the timing of childbearing in the developing world  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 120)
Publication date: 1999

The paradox of transition: Unwanted childbearing in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John
Orgyn 10(3): 14-17
Publication date: 1999

Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in the Developing World: Introduction and overview 
Bongaarts,John; Cohen,Barney
Studies in Family Planning 29(2)
Publication date: 1998

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

Demographic consequences of declining fertility  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Science 282(5388): 419-420
Publication date: 1998

Fertility and reproductive preferences in post-transitional societies  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 114)
Publication date: 1998

On the quantum and tempo of fertility  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 109)
Publication date: 1998

On the quantum and tempo of fertility  (abstract) (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Population and Development Review 24(2): 271-291
Publication date: 1998

Population policy options in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith
2020 Brief, A Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment October
Publication date: 1998

Prospects for fertility decline and implications for population growth in South Asia 
Bongaarts,John; Amin,Sajeda
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 94)
Publication date: 1997

Trends in unwanted childbearing in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 98)
Publication date: 1997

Trends in unwanted childbearing in the developing world  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Studies in Family Planning 28(4): 267-277
Publication date: 1997

Global trends in AIDS mortality  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 22(1): 21-45
Publication date: 1996

Population pressure and the food supply system in the developing world  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 22(3): 483-503
Publication date: 1996

Population pressure and the food supply system in the developing world 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 86)
Publication date: 1996

Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions 
Bongaarts,John; Watkins,Susan Cotts
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 88)
Publication date: 1996

Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions  (abstract) 
Bongaarts,John; Watkins,Susan Cotts
Population and Development Review 22(4): 639-682
Publication date: 1996

Global trends in AIDS mortality 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 80)
Publication date: 1995

The role of family planning programs in contemporary fertility transitions 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 71)
Publication date: 1995

Population policy options in the developing world  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 59)
Publication date: 1994

The causes of unmet need for contraception and the social content of services 
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 69)
Publication date: 1994

Population growth and the food supply: Conflicting perspectives 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 53)
Publication date: 1993

The fertility impact of family planning programs 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 47)
Publication date: 1993

Population growth and global warming 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 37)
Publication date: 1992

The supply-demand framework for the determinants of fertility: An alternative implementation 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 44)
Publication date: 1992

Do reproductive intentions matter? 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 30)
Publication date: 1991

The KAP-gap and the unmet need for contraception 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 23)
Publication date: 1991

The demographic impact of family planning programs 
Bongaarts,John; Mauldin,W.Parker; Phillips,James F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 17)
Publication date: 1990

The measurement of wanted fertility 
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 10)
Publication date: 1990

A new method for estimating contraceptive failure rates 
Bongaarts,John; Rodriguez,German
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 6)
Publication date: 1989

Geographic variation in the HIV epidemic and the mortality impact of AIDS in Africa 
Bongaarts,John; Way,Peter
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 1)
Publication date: 1989

A framework for analyzing the proximate determinants of fertility  (PDF) 
Bongaarts,John
Population and Development Review 4(1): 105-132
Publication date: 1978

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.

Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

The stalled fertility transition and family planning in Kenya (PDF) 
Presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices, Kampala, 17 November
Askew,Ian; Ezeh,Alex C.; Bongaarts,John; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 2009

Trends in senescent life expectancy (abstract)  
Presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 30 April
Bongaarts,John
Publication date: 2009

When is tempo effect a tempo distortion? (abstract)  
Presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 30 April
Bongaarts,John; Feeney,Griffith
Publication date: 2009

How long will we live? A demographer's perspective (PDF) 
Presentation at the National Academy of Sciences: Distinctive Voices @ The Beckman Center, Irvine, California, 21 May
Bongaarts,John
Publication date: 2008

John Bongaarts, Ph.D.

Vice President and Distinguished Scholar

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