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The present report was prepared in response to General Assembly resolution 73/241. Section II presents the latest global levels and trends in international migration. Section III discusses recent activities, undertaken by entities of the United Nations system, to support countries in integrating migration considerations into national development plans. Section IV reports on progress in measuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets related to migration.
World Population Ageing 2020 Highlights: Living arrangements of older persons
The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 235 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends. The 2019 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels.
This publication presents the highlights of World Population Ageing 2019, which draws on the latest population estimates and projections published in World Population Prospects 2019. This Highlights report provides an overview of key global and regional trends and dynamics of population ageing and discusses different measures of ageing that include conventional measures as well as prospective and economic measures. A set of Annex tables provides global, regional and national data for selected indicators discussed in the report.
This Highlights summarizes the key findings of the International Migration 2019 report that analyzes global and regional levels and trends in international migration, based on the latest estimates of international migrant stock, and investigates the contribution of migration to demographic change. The Highlights also discusses international migration policies and programmes and provide an overview of normative and legal frameworks on international migration and refugees.