Press release
10 June 2025
Press release
19 April 2023
Statement
19 April 2023
The world population has reached 8 billion. Are there too many people? Too few? These are the wrong questions.
See how humanity becoming 8 billion strong opens us up to infinite possibilities and find out why UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is making a case for reproductive rights and choices.
News
19 April 2023
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Number of pages
160
State of World Population
Publisher
UNFPA
Publication date
2019
Author
UNFPA
Number of pages
180
State of World Population
News
10 April 2019
Publisher
UNFPA
Publication date
2014
Author
UNFPA
Number of pages
126
State of World Population
Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of our global future. They matter because they have inherent human rights that must be fulfilled. Yet, in a world of adult concerns, young people are often overlooked. This tendency cries out for urgent correction, because it imperils youth as well as economies and societies at large.