News Selection – World Population

4/7/2019: A demographic dividend for a country is not predicated on future population growth, but on fertility decline that follows rapid growth and on the right investments being made in health, education, and employment. Source: Inter Press Service

18/6/2019: The UN's "World Population Prospects" report observes that the world's 47 least-developed countries are among the fastest growing, and this burgeoning population will present challenges to sustainable development. Source: DW

10/4/2019: Despite global gains in securing sexual and reproductive rights over the past 50 years, many population groups are still left behind, according to a report released by the UN Population Fund. Source: Devex

1/4/2019: Two, four and eight billion people is the extraordinary doubling and redoubling of the world’s population that occurred in slightly less than a century. Is that record-breaking demographic growth likely to be repeated in the 21st century? Source: Inter Press Service

26/3/2019: The extension of the global gag rule would not only cut funding to foreign non-governmental organisations directly involved in abortions or abortion rights advocacy, but also those who support other groups which provide or discuss abortion. Source: The Guardian

10/2/2019: Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced tax benefits and subsidies to encourage families to have more children. He said the policy was meant to create more Hungarians instead of promoting EU-backed immigration.

Source: DW

5/2/2019: UNFPA Nigeria lost over 60% of its family planning funds within one year, in a country that is facing a potentially crippling population boom.

Source: Devex

3/1/2019: Egypt's population now exceeds 100 million and a government programme called “two is enough” has been launched to encourage people to limit family size. But Egypt has a long way to go in persuading its people. Source: The Guardian

26/:12/2018: Declining fertility rates around the world should be cause for celebration, not alarm, a leading expert has said, warning that the focus on boosting populations was outdated and potentially bad for women. Source: The Guardian

13/11/2018: The latest annual report from the Family Planning 2020 Partnership concludes that it will be impossible to achieve the target of reaching 120 million more women and girls in the world’s 69 poorest countries with modern contraceptives by 2020. Source: Devex