Source material and useful links

for Tread Softly background briefings on World Population

Projections and Trends

World Population Prospects 2019 Revision 10 Key Findings – from UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
A Brief History of Population from New Internationalist

UN and Population

UN Population Fund
International Conference on Population and Development

Population and Development

Family Planning 2020
Family Planning News and Overview from UN Population Fund
Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health, 2017 from Guttmacher Institute
What is the Global Gag Rule? from PAI
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Population Institute
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

Census Programme

2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme
Census dates for all countries from UN Statistics Division

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more Population briefings (updated August 2021)
Introduction
World Population Projections
Demographic Transition
Demographic Dividend
Population Policies
Opposition to Family Planning
Overpopulation or Overconsumption?
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Recent news and opinion about World Population

What future for a world of 8 billion?

11/7/2022: The future growth of world population will take place mostly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. Each member of the human population, expected to surpass 8 billion in mid-November 2022, is part of a common humanity that aspires to a fulfilling life. Yet many inequalities persist and are deepening, both within and across countries and regions.

Source: Inter Press Service

World population to reach 8 billion in November 2022

11/7/2022: The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having dropped below 1 per cent in 2020, according to latest UN projections. The world’s population could grow to around 9.7 billion in 2050, projected to peak at around 10.4 billion during the 2080s. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global life expectancy which fell to 71.0 years in 2021.

Source: UN Population Division

China’s population is about to shrink

29/5/2022: After four extraordinary decades in which China’s population has swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for the first time since the great famine of 1959-1961.

Source: The Conversation

Global population growth and sustainable development

23/2/2022: Most of the world's future population growth will take place in developing countries, a feature of demographic transition that is both a sign of success and a challenge to be met. One of the key findings of a new report by the UN's Population Division.

Source: UN Population Division

$835 million needed for urgent sexual and reproductive health care

13/12/2021: The UN Population Fund is appealing for $835 million in 2022 to reach 54.5 million women and girls in 61 countries with life-saving sexual and reproductive health services. The countries with the greatest need are Yemen and Syria.

Source: UN Population Fund

Climate change with 8 billion humans

23/11/2021: The recent COP26 negotiations made almost no reference to the impact of population growth on climate change. With the global population expected to reach eight billion in 2023 too many governments are introducing policies to encourage larger families.

Source: Inter Press Service

Counting everyone to leave no one behind

15/9/2021: A quarter of births go unregistered every year, along with an estimated two-thirds of annual deaths worldwide. Having complete information is essential for governments to direct resources to the most urgent challenges.

Source: Devex

The value of investing in Pakistan’s family planning

27/8/2021: Pakistan’s fertility rate is 3.6 births per woman. It has the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate in South Asia and one of the highest birth sex ratios skewed in favour of males. The government should invest more in the Lady Health Workers program.

Source: East Asia Forum

Problems with Uttar Pradesh’s population bill

14/8/2021: The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has proposed a new population policy which appears to revert to coercive methods of limiting families to two children. India has long committed to focus instead on unmet needs for family planning, education and healthcare.

Source: East Asia Forum

Maximising Indonesia’s demographic dividend

22/6/2021: Preliminary results from Indonesia's 2020 population census suggest that the country is still in the ‘sweet spot’ of its demographic transition. Will Indonesia be able to boost productive employment and move rapidly towards high income status like Taiwan and South Korea?

Source: East Asia Forum

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