United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division

Catalogue of Population Division
Publications, Databases and Software

Reports on world population trends and policies and on population estimates and projections

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World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision
(forthcoming)

Available in English only.

Presents the results of the 1998 Revision of the global population estimates and projections for the world, the more developed and the less developed regions, six major areas, 20 regions and 228 countries and areas for the 100-year period between 1950 and 2050. For the period 1995-2050, four variants of projections were prepared: the high-, medium-, low- and constant-fertility variants.

Volume I: Comprehensive Tables.

Volume II: The Sex and Age Distribution of the World Populations.

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World Population Monitoring 1998 Health and Mortality: Selected Aspects
(forthcoming)

Available in English only.

Provides recent information on selected aspects of health and mortality and covers such topics as: primary health care and the health care sector; levels and trends of mortality; child survival and health; women's health and safe motherhood; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); the epidemiological transition; health and mortality policies; and health and development.

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Health and Mortality: A Concise Report
(ST/ESA/SER.A/172z) 46 pp.
Sales No. E.99.XIII.2

Available in English only.

Provides a concise summary of the World Population Monitoring 1998: Health and Mortality: Selected Aspects

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World Population Monitoring 1997
Issues of International Migration and Development
(ST/ESA/SER.A/169) 204 pp. $45.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.4.

Available in English only

Reviews selected aspects of international migration and development. Chapter I examines international migration issues in the three major United Nations meetings and conferences dealing with population. Chapter II discusses the relationship between international migration and population dynamics. Chapter III examines Governments' views on international migration and how these views have changed over time. Chapters IV, V and VI review specific issues related to respectively, documented migrants, undocumented migrants and refugees and asylum-seekers. Chapter VII considers international labour migration. International migration and gender issues is discussed in chapter VIII. And finally, chapter IX discusses the complex interrelationships between international migration and development.

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International Migration and Development
The Concise Report.
(ST/ESA/SER.A/164). 63 pp. $7.50.
Sales No. E.97.XIII.4

Available in English, French and Spanish

Provides a concise summary of the World Population Monitoring 1997: Issues of International Migration and Development.

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World Population Projections to 2150
(ST/ESA/SER.A/173) 41 pp. $15.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.14.

Available in English only.

Contains population by age and sex, total population and selected demographic indicators. Data are presented, quinquennially, for the years 1950-2150. Data for the period 1950-1995 are United Nations demographic estimates; data for the period 1995-2150 are from a long-range projection that is fully consistent with results for 1995-2050 from World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision.

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World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision
(ST/ESA/SER.A/167) 839 pp. $ 95.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.5.

Available in English only

Presents the results of the 1996 Revision of the global population estimates and projections for the world, the more developed ant the less developed regions, six major areas, 20 regions and 228 countries and areas for the 100-year period between 1950 and 2050. For the period 1995-2050, four variants of projections were prepared: the high-, medium-, low- and constant-fertility variants.

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World Urbanization Prospects: The 1996 Revision
(ST/ESA/SER.A/170) 191 pp. $37.50
Sales No. E.98.XIII.6.

Available in English only

Presents estimates and projections of the size and growth of the urban and rural populations for all countries of the world, as well as of urban agglomerations that have population of 750,000 persons or more by 1995. Data are represented for the world, the less developed and the more developed regions, the least developed countries and individual countries, along with regional aggregates. Estimates and projections are provided for the period 1950-2030 (2015 for urban agglomerations).

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World Population Monitoring 1996
Selected aspects of reproductive rights and reproductive health.
(ST/ESA/SER.A/156). 282 pp. $29.95
Sales No. E.97.XIII.5

Available in English only

Provides a global review of selected aspects of reproductive rights and reproductive health. The topics covered include entry into reproductive life; reproductive behaviour; contraception; abortion; maternal mortality and morbidity; sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and policy issues related to reproductive rights, as well as population information, education and communication with respect to reproductive rights and reproductive health.

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Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health: A Concise Report
(ST/ESA/SER.A/157). 46 pp. $7.50.
Sales No. E.96.XIII.11.

Available in English, French and Spanish

Provides a summary of World Population Monitoring 1996: Selected aspects of reproductive rights and reproductive health.

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Concise Report on the World Population Situation in 1995
(ST/ESA/SER.A/153). 44 pp. $7.50.
Sales No. E.95.XIII.14.

Available in English, French and Spanish

Provides a concise review and regional developments in the field of population. Chapter I provides a summary of population size and growth, mortality, fertility, population distribution and international migration in all countries; chapter II examines the linkages between population and the environment, focusing on population and land and carrying capacity.

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World Population Monitoring 1993
(ST/ESA/SER.A/139) 238 pp. $45.00.
Sales No. E.95.XIII.8.

Available in English only.

Presents the results of population trends and policies. Following a very brief overview, part one presents a special report on refugees. Part two, "Population trends and policies", presents the results of the monitoring of population trends and policies in population growth and structure, fertility, mortality, population distribution and international migration. In part three, the role of population in relation to the environment is summarized.

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Concise Report on the World Population Situation in 1993 with Special Emphasis on Refugees
(ST/ESA/SER.A/138). 49 pp. $7.50.
Sales No. E.95.XIII.5.

Available in English, French and Spanish

Covers levels and trends in refugee population and provides a factual basis for investigating their economic and social implications. Chapter II provides a summary of trends and governmental policies in the areas of population growth, mortality, fertility, population distribution and international migration in all countries. Chapter III examines the linkages between population and the environment, focusing on the role of population with regard to land, forests and water.

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All inquiries should be addressed to the Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, Rm. DC2-1950, New York, NY 10017 United States of America.

Publications with sales numbers can also be obtained from bookstores and distributors throughout the world, or from the United Nations Publications, New York, NY 10017, United States of America, or Geneva, Switzerland, or from the following regional commissions: