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Our vision is of a future in which our population co-exists in harmony with nature and prospers on a healthy planet, to the benefit of all.​
“All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people, and harder – and ultimately impossible – to solve with ever more people.”
David Attenborough

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Current world population

The issue

The facts

Our population has become so large that the Earth is struggling to cope. Right now, we add more than 80 million people a year.

Solutions

Ending population growth can be achieved through positive, empowering, choice-based actions which improve people’s lives and bring multiple other benefits.

Empower To Plan

Empower to Plan is our programme to fund independent grassroots projects promoting family planning, gender equality and environmental protection. Lear more about current projects and how you can help.

Population Explorer

Our Population Explorer is an interactive online tool providing insights into population growth and its impacts on nature, climate change and our demand for the Earth’s resources. Why not try it out now!

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Bring population into the Summit of the Future 

In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 targets intended to achieve decent lives for all on a healthy planet by 2030. While significant gains have been made, progress is far too slow and most of the targets look set to be missed.

Gilead Watch: Protect womens’ rights from pronatal politicians

Population Matters’ 2021 report, Welcome to Gilead, examined how policymakers across the world are promoting and implementing policies to increase birth rates that abuse women’s reproductive rights.

Urge the UK Foreign secretary to reverse devastating aid cuts

The UK Government’s planned aid cuts will deal a devastating blow to the most vulnerable women and girls. Urge the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to reverse this terrible move.

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Sadly, millions of people still don’t have the freedom to choose. Join the growing family of people around the world who believe that #ChoiceMatters and who have committed to planning for…

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