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Women's College, Agartala

World Population –An Appraisal

Indraneel Bhowmik

World Population, 2007 (in millions)

Population 1%
14%
Region/Continent 9%
5%
World 6615.9
Developed Countries 1217.5
11%
Developing Countries 5398.4

Africa 945.3
Asia 3995.7

Europe 727.7

South America 576.5

North America 336.8

60%
Oceania 33.9
Source: www.unfpa.org Africa Asia Europe South America North America Oceania

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Ten most populous countries of the world (2008)

Rank Countries Population
1 China 133,00,44,605
2 India 114,79,95,898
3 USA 30,38,24,646
4 Indonesia 23,75,12,355
5 Brazil 19,63,42,587
6 Pakistan 17,28,00,051
7 Bangladesh 15,35,46,901
8 Nigeria 14,62,55,306
9 Russia 14,07,02,094
10 Japan 12,72,88,419
Source: US Census Bureau

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

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POPULATION PYRAMID-
PYRAMID- INDIA 2000

Skewed Sex Ratio in some regions- cause of concern

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Year Million

10000 BC 1
World Population over the Years
5000 BC 5

1000 BC 50
3000 500 BC 100

200 BC 150
2500
1 AD 170
2000 500 AD 190
M illio n ( s )

1000 AD 254
1500
1250 AD 400
1000
1500 AD 425

500 1750 AD 629

1850 AD 1,128
0
1900 AD 1,550
50 D
20 C
C

10 A D
10 BC
50 C

12 AD
15 AD
17 AD
18 AD
19 AD
19 AD
19 AD
19 AD
19 AD
19 AD
AD
50 BC

1A
0B
0B
B

1930 AD 2,070
0
00
00

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50
00
50
50
00
10
20
30
40
50
0
00
10

1950 AD 2,400

• 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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5% 1%
9%
Projected
Population of
21%
7% world in 2050
and the relative
share of the
Africa
continents
Asia

Europe World Population-

9076 million
South America

North America
57%

Oceania

Most populous countries of the future

Projected Population
Rank
2026 2050
1 India India
2 China China
3 USA USA
4 Indonesia Indonesia
5 Brazil Pakistan
6 Pakistan Bangladesh
7 Bangladesh Ethiopia
8 Nigeria Nigeria
9 Ethiopia Brazil
10 Mexico 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. promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health
and equal opportunity
2. 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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