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Part one. State of the World Economy: provides a chronicle of how large parts of the world economy were sent reeling in the past two years by the fragility of financial systems and their international...

The 15th published estimates and projections of world population since 1951 is based on the latest research and forecasting by the United Nations. The 1998 Revision shows a devastating toll from AIDS...

This volume presents population estimates for the period 1950-1995 and projected figures for sex and age distribution for 2000-2050. Data are presented for countries with a population of at least 150...

This volume presents the analytical report for the World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision, the official world population estimates and projections for each of the 184 countries or areas. The...

This publication provides information on selected aspects of health and mortality covering such topics as: primary health care and the health care sector; levels and trends of mortality; child...

This publication presents estimates and projections for the period 1950-2030, of the size and growth of urban and rural populations for all countries and for all urban agglomerations that had at least...

The year 2015 was one of global action concerning the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other challenges. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development along with a set of new Sustainable...

This publication presents estimates and projections for the period 1950-2030, on the size and growth of urban and rural populations for all countries and for all urban agglomerations that had at least...

The global proportion of urban population increased from a mere 13 per cent in 1900 to 29 per cent in 1950 and, reached 49 per cent in 2005. Since the world is projected to continue to urbanize, 60...

This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding urban agglomerations around the world in 2007. It also includes a revision of the world urbanization prospects which corroborates that the world...

According to the latest United Nations population projections, 4.9 billion people are expected to be urban-dwellers in 2030. Although the world is urbanizing rapidly, the number of rural-dwellers is...

This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding the population in urban and rural areas around the world in 2007. It also includes a revision of the world urbanization prospects which...

This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding the population in urban and rural areas around the world in 2009. By the middle of 2009, the number of people living in urban areas (3.42 billion...

This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding the population in urban and rural areas around the world in 2011.

This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding the population in urban and rural areas around the world in 2014.

The World Contraceptive Use 2007 provides the latest information available about contraceptive prevalence, by method, recent trends in contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning for...

The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) is a yearly publication that provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and...

The 2015 deadline to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. There has been significant progress, but it is uneven. Meanwhile the context within which development...

World Fertility Patterns 2007 provides the latest available data about the level, trends and age pattern of fertility for countries and regions of the world.