World population trends
Resource date: 31 August 2017
It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew sevenfold...
Census
Resource date: 31 August 2019
A population and housing census is among the most complex and massive peacetime exercises a nation can undertake. It requires careful planning, resourcing and implementation...
Costing the Three Transformative Results
The cost of the transformative results UNFPA is committed to achieving by 2030
Number of pages: 36
Publication date: 31 January 2020
Author: Johns Hopkins University, Avenir Health, Victoria University, Institute of Health, Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Contraceptive Price Indicator 2019.
News
Maternal deaths declining in Morocco thanks to midwives, but more support needed
14 February 2020Video
#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM
February 18, 2019Kenza is a doctor in her twenties from Djibouti. In the video, she speaks of her experience with FGM as a child and the long-term consequences of the trauma.
Policy responses to low fertility: How effective are they?
Working Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 98
Publication date: 31 May 2019
Author: Tomáš Sobotka, Anna Matysiak, Zuzanna Brzozowska
Publisher: UNFPA
Statement
Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation
06 February 2020Investing in Knowledge for Ending Child Marriage Publications Catalogue 2018-2019
Resource date: 31 December 2019
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
Ending Child Marriage and Rewriting the Future of Adolescent Girls
Resource date: 31 May 2018
Author: UNFPA
Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union before age 18, is a global issue impacting the lives of millions of girls each year and hindering progress towards development the world over. Globally, more than 700 million girls and women alive today were married as children. More than one in three of these (about 250 million) entered into union before age 15. This report to the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation covers the period of 2015 to 2017.