Population data sheet 2023
The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as fertility,
Population Trends
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Showing the way
In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate
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The road ahead
After World War II, average life expectancy rates have been increasing all over the world. This means a person born today will live 20 years longer than a person born in 1950. However, in African
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Teeming billions
The world population will touch six billion this month<br>
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City shock
Cities are known to generate a lot of waste and contribute in a major way to water and air pollution. They have become a major source of concern in the 20th century. City authorities will have to be
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A Triptych sectoral approach to burden differentiation; GHG emissions in the European bubble
As Parties to the Climate Convention EU Member States have opted for a joint fulfilment of post-2000 greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations. No agreement could be reached on a joint EU target before
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Falling count
Dwindling birth rates have become a cause for alarm in Europe
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AFRICA
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are at a critical turning point in their effort to address the problems of rapid population growth and poor reproductive health, says a study of Population
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China
Family planning restrictions in some urban areas of China have been eased allowing many of the parents of the one-child policy to have two children. The two-child rule, envisioned years ago, but
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UNITED NATIONS
The executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the secretary general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently signed a memorandum of understanding on the
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Tribals trauma
nine tribes of southern Bihar are reportedly facing extinction due to rampant unplanned industrialisation in the Jharkhand region. Gautam S Rana, chairperson, environmental committee of the state