World Population Prospects 2019: highlights
By the year 2050, there will be some 9.7 billion people living on Earth, says a UN population report. However, the overall growth rate will continue to fall, and more countries will have to adapt to the
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Global Childhood Report 2019
More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago. But one in four children still denied right to a safe and healthy childhood, with children living in or fleeing conflict zones
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The little data book on gender 2019
The Little Data Book on Gender 2019 illustrates the progress towards gender equality for 217 economies around the world. It provides comparable statistics for women and men for the years 2000 and 2017
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Systematic assessment of the sex ratio at birth for all countries and estimation of national imbalances and regional reference levels
<p>The sex ratio at birth (SRB; ratio of male to female live births) imbalance in parts of the world over the past few decades is a direct consequence of sex-selective abortion, driven by the coexistence
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Nigeria: Uncertain Nigeria Population Data Makes Claim About Stunted Kids Hard to Verify
A national newspaper said there were 11 million stunted kids in Nigeria, a problem that would hold back the country's growth. Different data sources produce different estimates of stunting, from 9.95
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India’s population grew at 1.2% average annual rate between 2010 and 2019: UN
India also recorded an improvement in life expectancy at birth. The life expectancy at birth in 1969 was 47 years and in 2019, it is 69 years. India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2
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State of World Population 2019
India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2 per cent between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more than double the annual growth rate of China, according to a report by the United Nations Population
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EU accused of funding project in Eritrea using 'forced labour'
Eritrean human rights activists have accused the EU of funding a scheme in Eritrea that uses "forced labour". The EU is backing a road-building project as part of its programme to stem migration from
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Government of Zimbabwe Develops National Migration Policy
Mutare – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), through the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, is developing its National Migration Policy with support from the International Organization for Migration
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Forced evictions in India in 2018: an unabating national crisis
More than 2 lakh people were forcibly evicted and over 40,000 houses demolished across India last year, according to a report released by the Housing and Land Rights Network. The estimates show that over