World Population Prospects 2024

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the timing at which populations peak in size, to explore differences in population trends that characterise countries and regions today and provide insight into their future trajectories. The report also offers policy recommendations to prepare countries for a population size, age structure and spatial distribution that may differ appreciably from that of their recent past.

World Population Prospects 2024: Ten key messages

Key messages based on World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results, prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

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World Population Prospects 2024: Dataset

World Population Prospects 2024 is the twenty-eighth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from the 1950s to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends. The 2024 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and national levels.

World Population Prospects 2024: Methodology report

This report provides a detailed overview of the methodology used to produce the 2024 Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The 2024 Revision is the twenty-eighth round of global population estimates and projections produced by the Population Division since 1951.

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World Population Prospects 2024: Launch events

Press briefing

Mr. Navid Hanif, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, introduces the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results report.

Official launch: Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary General on 11 July

Remarks and media materials

? Statement by Mr. Navid Hanif, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN DESA
? Statement by Mr. John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN DESA
? Presentation by Mrs. Clare Menozzi, Chief, Demographic Analysis Section, Population Division, UN DESA
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? Press release
? Broadcast on UN WebTV, 11 July 2024, 12:30 EDT, ()
? "", featuring Mrs. Sara Hertog, Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, UN DESA

World Population Prospects 2024: Partners and related events

Partner events with Population Division participation

? 11 July 2024: Webinar “Demographic transition and population prospects” (China Population and Development Research Center; UNFPA China; Beijing, China)
? 12 July 2024: (Committee on Demographic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Warsaw, Poland)
? 16 July 2024: "Discussion meeting on World Population Day" (Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-Stat); UNFPA; Muscat, Oman)

Other seminars and events

? 11 July 2024: by DANE (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Bogota, Columbia)
? 11 July 2024: "2024 Revision of the World Population Prospects and Implications for Ghana" (Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana)
? 12 July 2024: (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan)
? 12 July 2024: “UN World Population Forecast 2024 for the period up to 2100. Expected demographic changes in Russia” (National Research University Higher School of Economics, and International Laboratory for Population and Health Research, Moscow, Russia)

Partner organizations and media outreach

? Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) [] [] (Aubervilliers, France): [] and []
? (Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil): [] and [] focusing on population prospects in Brazil
? : Population & Demography Data Explorer
? (Washington, D. C., United States of America): [], [] and []
? (New York, United States of America): [], [] and [] posts
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