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This wall chart presents the latest available data and information on HIV/AIDS for all countries and regions of the world, with emphasis on government measures implemented in response to the HIV/AIDS...

Twenty years into the HIV/AIDS pandemic, social and behavioural research on HIV/AIDS remains limited. Data on sexual behaviour and AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes are sparse and difficult to...

This detailed wall chart provides statistics about urban agglomerations around the world. In alphabetical order, it provides past, present and future statistics on agglomeration size and rank to...

This detailed wall chart provides figures about urban versus rural population rates for countries around the world. This chart is organized by continent to ensure statistical information on each...

As the proportion of the world's population in the older ages continues to increase, the need for improved information and analysis of demographic ageing increases. This detailed report provides a...

Although abortion is commonly practiced throughout most of the world and has been practiced since long before the beginning of recorded history, it is a subject that arouses passion and controversy...

The data presented in this wall chart come from censuses, surveys and civil registers. Patterns of marriage are shown using three indicators: the singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM), also known as...

This edition presents a special focus on population, gender and development. It provides an historical review of population and gender issues on the global agenda and covers such topics as family...

This edition presents a special focus on population, environment and development. The general trends of rapid population growth, sustained but uneven economic improvement and environmental degradation...

The 1997 edition of the World Population Monitoring focuses on international migration and development. The issues discussed include: international migration and population dynamics, international...

The World Population Prospects 1996 presents population estimates and projections for the world, the more developed and less developed regions, the least developed countries, 6 major areas, 20 regions...

This Report provides a summary of recent information on selected aspects of health and mortality. It covers such topics as: levels and trends of mortality; child survival and health; primary health...

National Population Policies provides an overview of population policies and dynamics for 179 countries for the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It also shows, on a country-by-country basis, the evolution of...

This informative wall chart shows the most recent data on world contraceptive use as of June 1998. The information is taken mainly from representative national sample surveys of women of reproductive...

Provides the most complete and up-to-date information available on the abortion laws, practices and policies of 190 countries. It indicates the grounds on which induced abortion is legally permitted...

This informative wall chart provides useful statistical data on world population for some 229 countries, or regions. Data pertain to annual growth rates, crude birth rates, crude death rates, life...

The UN General Assembly designated 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons. This wall chart gives a detailed look at the situation of the world's ageing population and ageing related issues...

This publication reviews the demographic changes in population size and growth in the world and its urban and rural areas and looks at the changes in mortality, fertility and migration that underlie...

This publication presents a report of the Secretary-General on a review and appraisal of the progress made in achieving the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action of the International...