DESA Population News

June 2013

• World population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050

April 2013

• Global migration can spur opportunity for social and economic growth, Ban says
• Focusing on new trends in migration

March 2013

• Online hub for data on global population

February 2013

• Addressing the importance of international migration

January 2013

• New Director highlights importance of population dynamics

November 2012

• Population dynamics is focus of online discussion

April 2012

• New Indicators to understand the situation of youth
• Sixteen million adolescent girls become mothers every year

February 2012

• Coordinating international migration issues

December 2011

• Migration policies should protect rather than infringe human rights – Ban

November 2011

• Meeting addresses mortality crises

October 2011

• World to welcome seven billionth citizen

July 2011

• Positioning young people in the world

May 2011

• Global importance of migration for development
• World population to exceed 10 billion

April 2011

• Fertility and reproductive health at core of development

March 2011

• Global efforts for family planning

April 2010

• Conference to Discuss Health and Morbidity

January 2010

• 'Major' rise in world's elderly population: DESA report