Think tank

Population Matters

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London, United Kingdom

Population Matters is a membership charity that addresses population size and environmental sustainability. They believe population growth contributes to environmental degradation, resource depletion and other problems. They conduct research, inform the public and advocate improved family planning and sex education, women’s empowerment, smaller families and moderate consumption.

Contact details

Website:
https://www.populationmatters.org/

Address:
135-137 Station Road, London E4 6AG, UK

Country:
United Kingdom

Sub-region:
Northern Europe

Areas of focus

Topics of research
Education Environment/Natural resources/ Energy Food/Agriculture Gender Health Law/Justice/Human rights Social policy
Geographics of focus
Global
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
Independent
Year founded
1991
Age (years)
Population Matters
 30
United Kingdom average
 33
Global average
 30
Founded by
Founders: David Willey
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2021): ROBIN MAYNARD
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2020): ROBIN MAYNARD
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2019): Robin Maynard
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2021
Population Matters
 13
United Kingdom average
 34
Global average
 75
2020
Population Matters
 13
2019
Population Matters
 7
% Female staff
2021
Population Matters
 1%
United Kingdom average
 0%
Global average
 0%
2020
Population Matters
 69%
2019
Population Matters
 71%
% Female researchers
2019
Population Matters
 14%
United Kingdom average
 32%
Global average
 35%

Organisational performance

Publications
2020
Population Matters
 4
United Kingdom average
 37
Global average
 33
2019
Population Matters
 6
Financials
2020
Population Matters
 $1,099,709
United Kingdom average
 $47,194,553
Global average
 $43,020,298
2019
Population Matters
 $1,334,419
2018
Population Matters
 $1,020,491

Social

Facebook
Likes (2021)
Population Matters
 287,560
United Kingdom average
 43,299
Global average
 31,384
Likes (2019)
Population Matters
 292,676
Likes (2016)
Population Matters
 283,748
Twitter
Followers (2021)
Population Matters
 12,304
United Kingdom average
 34,856
Global average
 18,429
Followers (2019)
Population Matters
 11,500
Followers (2017)
Population Matters
 6,205
YouTube
Subscribers (2021)
Population Matters
 4,800
United Kingdom average
 11,622
Global average
 5,254
Subscribers (2019)
Population Matters
 751
Instagram
Followers (2019)
Population Matters
 1,856
United Kingdom average
 1,997
Global average
 8,272
LinkedIn
Followers (2019)
Population Matters
 462
United Kingdom average
 5,604
Global average
 6,628

Data notes

Last updated: 08/06/2021
Rating of data accuracy (find out more): OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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