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This publication presents statistics and analysis on the status of women and men in the world, highlighting the current situation and changes over time. It is the sixth in a series published since the...

This edition of the World Statistics Pocketbook is the thirty-third in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the...

In its decision 2013/101, the Commission on Population and Development decided that the special theme for its forty-eighth session would be “Realizing the future we want: integrating population issues...

The world population will likely increase by 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, passing from the current 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion in 2050. The 2006 Revision is the twentieth round of official...

The wall chart provides key demographic indicators for each development group, major area, region and country for the most recent period.

This report delineates Governments’ views and policies concerning population and development. In particular, it itemizes policies in the areas of population size and growth, population age structure...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of population policies and dynamics for 196 countries since the mid-1970s. Updated biennially, it documents changes in more than 40 aspects...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of population policies and dynamics for 197 countries since the mid-1970s. Updated biennially, it documents changes in key aspects of...

The 2014 edition is the 33rd in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over 50...

This publication comprises, in the form of analytical tables, a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas...

This issue of the report presents data for countries or areas on population size (total, male, female) from the latest available census, estimated total population size for 2005 or 2006, and the...

This issue of the report presents data for countries or areas on population size (total, male, female) from the latest available census, estimated total population size for 2006 or 2007, and the...

This issue presents data for countries or areas on population size (total, male, and female) from the latest available census, estimated total population size for 2010 or 2011 (the later available...

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...

This edition of the World Statistics Pocketbook is the fortieth in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of...

The World Youth Report is the flagship publication on youth issues of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. This 2015 edition intends to provide fresh...

This publication sets out to examine the major challenges for indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. It provides an important background to...

World Contraceptive Patterns 2015 provides the latest information available about contraceptive prevalence, by method, and unmet need for family planning for countries and regions of the world.

Accurate, consistent and timely data on global trends in population age structure are critical for assessing current and future needs with respect to population ageing and for setting policy...

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...