World Population Day- Some Insights

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World Population –An Appraisal

Indraneel Bhowmik

World Population, 2007 (in millions) 1%

Population

9%

Region/Continent World

6615.9

Developed Countries

1217.5

Developing Countries

5398.4

Africa

14%

5% 11%

945.3

Asia

3995.7

Europe

727.7

South America

576.5

North America

336.8

Oceania

60%

33.9 Source: www.unfpa.org

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Africa Asia Europe South America North America Oceania

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Ten most populous countries of the world (2008) Rank 1 2

Countries China India

Population 133,00,44,605 114,79,95,898

3 4 5 6

USA Indonesia Brazil Pakistan

30,38,24,646 23,75,12,355 19,63,42,587 17,28,00,051

7 8 9 10

Bangladesh Nigeria Russia Japan

15,35,46,901 14,62,55,306 14,07,02,094 12,72,88,419

Source: US Census Bureau

Density of Population- All countries (persons/ sq. km)

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POPULATION PYRAMIDPYRAMID- INDIA 2000

Skewed Sex Ratio in some regions- cause of concern

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World Population over the Years

3000 2500

M illio n ( s )

2000 1500 1000 500

Million

10000 BC

1

5000 BC

5

1000 BC

50

500 BC

100

200 BC

150

1 AD

170

500 AD

190

1000 AD

254

1250 AD

400

1500 AD

425

1750 AD

629

1850 AD

1,128

1900 AD

1,550

1930 AD

2,070

1950 AD

2,400

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00 0 50 BC 00 10 BC 00 B 50 C 0B 20 C 0B C 1A 50 D 0 10 A D 00 12 AD 50 15 AD 00 17 AD 50 18 AD 50 19 AD 00 19 AD 10 19 AD 20 19 AD 30 19 AD 40 19 AD 50 AD

0

Year

• Increase

from 3 billion in 1959 to 6 billion by 1999- double within

40 years. • Projected to grow from 6 billion in 1999 to 9 billion by 2040, an increase of 50 percent is expected to require 41 years.

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• Growth rate - peak in the early 1960s due to reductions in mortality. • Slowed down due to 1. Rising age at marriage 2. Increasing availability and use of effective contraceptive methods.

The annual increase in world population peaked at about 88 million in the late 1980s. The peak occurred then, even though annual growth rates were past their peak in the late 1960s, because the world population was higher in the 1980s than in the 1960s.

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9%

5%

1%

21% 7% Africa

Projected Population of world in 2050 and the relative share of the continents

Asia

World Population9076 million

Europe South America

57%

North America Oceania

Most populous countries of the future Projected Population Rank

2026

2050

2 3 4 5 6

India China USA Indonesia Brazil Pakistan

India China USA Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh

7 8 9 10

Bangladesh Nigeria Ethiopia Mexico

Ethiopia Nigeria Brazil Congo

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Population Pyramid INDIA 2025

INDIA 2050

World Population Day- 11th July
The 5th billion human was born on this day in 1987………at the erstwhile Yugoslavia
Being celebrated since 1989
Nodal Agency- UNFPA…… 1. 2.

promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to ensure  Reduction in poverty  Every pregnancy is wanted,  Every birth is safe,  Every young person is free of HIV/AIDS &  Every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

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World Population Day, 2008 •Theme- “Family Planning: It’s a Right; Let’s Make it Real”,

Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management. This includes death as a complication of abortion at any stage of pregnancy.

The Global need for family planning 

 

Contraceptives save lives- women are dying every day Family planning and the environment- stabilizing population would help sustain the planet Family planning and poverty reduction-benefits for families and nations Family planning and young people- their choices create the future



UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon - “…. family planning has immediate benefits for the lives and health of mothers and their infants..”



Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA- (family planning) “is essential to women’s empowerment and gender equality. When a woman can plan her family, she can plan the rest of her life

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…….thus finally…..

• Youths are the major players in the population game …………. • Problem of choice- logical and rational approach is the need of the hour…

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