CICRED was run from its creation up to 1990 by Jean Bourgeois-Pichat, followed by Léon Tabah and then Philippe Collomb.
CICRED elected Francis Gendreau as its first Council Chair in 1993 and Gavin Jones in 2001.
The CICRED General Assembly consisting of the representatives of the member centres meets every four years during the IUSSP International Population Conference.
It recently organized several conferences or seminars on subjects such aids and spatial mobility, demographic dividend, population-environment-development inter-relations or female deficit in Asia.
It also published books and policy papers devoted to contemporary population issues.