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A workshop among demography experts and policymakers to discuss the results of a global survey on the drivers of demographic change and the impact on policymaking.

Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. At present, several organisations engage in developing global long-term population projections and provide varied results in terms...

Influencing global demographic trends is challenging. Response to demographic change should also focus on adapting policies to the consequences of demographic change, a new JRC report shows.

Many global trends - including economic, environmental, social and geopolitical trends - depend on the future of the world population. Effectively assessing the future world population...

As members of the Global Migration Group (GMG) the Population Division of UN/DESA; in collaboration with UNICEF and other members of the data and research working group; prepared this common set of indicators...

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launched a new internet-based data service for the global user community. It brings...

UNDESA portal on international migration: access to data, publication,news and events.

The United Nations Statistics Division collects from all the National Statistical Offices several population censuses' datasets. The data are collected via the Demographic Yearbook census questionnaires...

The United Nations Global Migration Database (UNGMD) is a comprehensive collection of empirical data on the number (“stock”) of international migrants by country of birth and citizenship; sex and age as enumerated...

The dataset includes time series data on the flows of international migrants to and from countries as recorded by 45 countries that gather this information systematically. The dataset contains annual data on the flows...