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Population

05 July 2022

Overview

This year’s World Population Day, which is observed on 11 July each year, will be marked in anticipation of a landmark growth of the global population, which is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022.
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15 June 2022

World Population Prospects 2022 is the twenty-seventh edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends.

01 June 2021

Overview

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) created the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment in February 2021.

30 January 2020

Overview

The Population Division, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), organized a regional workshop for Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve national capacity in population projections. The workshop was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 7 to 11 March 2016.