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POPULATION DIVISION

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the
United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries
in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and
information. 

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

A Population Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council in
its resolution 3 (III) of 3 October 1946. In its resolution 49/128 of 19
December 1994, the General Assembly decided that the Commission should be
renamed the Commission on Population and Development. 

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON ENSURING HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTING WELL-BEING FOR ALL
AT ALL AGES

The special theme of the 58th session of the Commission on Population and
Development (CPD), taking place in April 2025, is “Ensuring healthy lives and
promoting well-being for all at all ages”. 




HIGHLIGHTS

NEW PUBLICATIONS

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary Report

 

World Population Prospects 2024: Ten Key Messages

 

World Population Prospects 2024: Methodology Report

 

Policy brief on Leveraging population trends for a more sustainable and
inclusive future: Insights from World Population Prospects 2024

 

Policy brief on Demographic Outlook for the Small Island Developing States:
Implications of Population Trends for Building Resilience and Prosperity across
SIDS

 

World Population Ageing 2023: Challenges and opportunities of population ageing
in the least developed countries

 

World Population Ageing 2023: Ten key messages

 

Technical paper on United Nations Database on Older Persons Living in Collective
Living Arrangements

 

Population Prospects of Countries in Special Situations: Ten key messages

 

Population Prospects of Countries in Special Situations: Tracking demographic
change among the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and
small island developing States

 

 

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RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session, 7 - 11
April 2025

 

Expert group meeting on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all
at all ages, 16 - 17 October 2024

 

Launch: World Population Prospects 2024, 11 July 2024

 

Commission on Population and Development, fifty-seventh session, 29 April - 3
May 2024

 

Briefing on the substantive preparations for the fifty-seventh session of the
Commission, including on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the
adoption of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development, 12 December 2023

 

Expert group meeting on assessing the status of implementation of the ICPD
Programme of Action and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030
Agenda during the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development, 19
- 20 July 2023

 

India overtakes China as the world’s most populous country

 

 

 

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DATASETS

World Population Prospects 2024

 

Family Planning Indicators 2024

 

Household Size and Composition 2022

 

Living Arrangements of Older Persons 2022 

 

World Population Policies 2021

 

International Migrant Stock 2020

 

 




SELECT KEY MESSAGES FROM THE WPP2024


THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 10.3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 50
TO 60 YEARS

     


THE SIZE OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION 2100 IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE 6 PER CENT SMALLER
- ABOUT 700 MILLION FEWER PEOPLE THAN ANTICIPATED A DECADE AGO

   


CURRENTLY, THE GLOBAL FERTILITY RATE STANDS AT 2.25 LIVE BIRTHS PER WOMAN, 1
DOWN FROM 3.31 LIVE BIRTHS IN 1990

   


IMMIGRATION IS PROJECTED TO BE THE MAIN DRIVER OF POPULATION GROWTH IN 52
COUNTRIES AND AREAS THROUGH 2054 AND IN 62 THROUGH 2100

   



THEMES

ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH

Globally, the number of adolescents and young people is at an all-time high.
While the number of young people has been declining in the more developed
regions since it peaked around 1980, it has been increasing in the less
developed regions and is expected to continue to grow over the next few decades.

 

AGEING

When fertility begins to decline from elevated levels, the population
distribution by age changes. Initially, the reduction in fertility leads to an
increase in the relative size of the population at working ages, creating a
favourable age distribution that may help to accelerate economic growth per
capita, resulting in a “demographic dividend”. 

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

The Population Division builds and strengthens national capacities to estimate
and analyse population levels and trends and other demographic indicators for
formulating and implementing national policies and programmes related to
population and development.

FAMILY PLANNING

The Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and
Development affirmed the basic right of couples and individuals to decide freely
and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the
information, education and means to do so.

FERTILITY AND MARRIAGE

Continued high fertility in some countries is the major driver of population
growth, while in other countries the decline of fertility to historically low
levels propels changes in the age distribution, including the gradual ageing of
the human population.

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

It is widely recognized that migrants make a positive contribution to inclusive
growth and sustainable development in countries of origin and destination.

MORTALITY

Reducing mortality, increasing life expectancy, and improving the health of
populations are key objectives of the Programme of Action of the 1994
International Conference on Population and Development and the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development.

POPULATION POLICIES

Well-designed government policies are critical for implementing the Programme of
Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and
for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

POPULATION TRENDS

Timely and accurate information about changes in the size and characteristics of
a country’s population is needed by national governments, the United Nations,
international organizations and civil society to formulate, implement and
evaluate policies and programmes in almost all spheres of life.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the General Assembly in
September 2015, provides an ambitious set of goals whose achievement will set
humanity on a path towards sustainability.

URBANIZATION

The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Today, more than half of the
global population lives in urban areas, up from around one-third in 1950 and
projected to increase to around two-thirds in 2050.




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