Population Challenges and Development Goals (Population Studies)
Publisher: United Nations
Published: October 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9789211514117
Subjects: Demography; General; Social Science; Demographic transition; Population; Population policy; Statistics; Sociology
First sentence: World population passed 6 billion persons at the end of the twentieth century and stands at 6.5 billion in 2005.
Description: Report presents a succinct overview of demographic trends worldwide, for major areas and selected countries. It covers population size and growth, urbanization and city growth, population ageing, fertility and contraception, mortality and international migration. Also includes section on population policies, in which the concerns and responses of Governments with respect to major trends are summarized and considers the contribution of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), in all its aspects, to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals.