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World Population Day is an
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World Population Day is an annual event
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Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...
, maternal health
Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ens ...
and human rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
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The day was suggested by Dr. K.C.Zachariah in which population reached five billion when he worked as Sr Demographer at World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...
. While press interest and general awareness in the global population surges at the increments of whole billions of people, the world population increases by 100 million approximately every 14 months. The world population was estimated at 7,400,000,000 on February 6, 2016 and reached 7,500,000,000 on April 24, 2017. The world population hit 7,700,000,000 in 2019.
In November 2020, UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies ...
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, convened a high-level conference in Nairobi
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to accelerate efforts to achieve these unmet goals. On World Population Day, advocates from around the world call on leaders, policymakers, grassroots organizers, institutions and others to help make reproductive health and rights a reality for all.
See also
* Agricultural effects and population limits from peak oil *List of countries and dependencies by population
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territory, dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being pr ...
* List of population concern organizations
This is a list of organisations who promote a moderation of the size of the human population.
Intergovernmental organizations
Worldwide
Regional
Asia-Oceania
* All countries – Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
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* Human overpopulation
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...
* Negative Population Growth
Negative Population Growth is an organization in the United States, founded in 1972.
NPG works on overpopulation issues and advocates a gradual reduction in U.S. and world population. NPG believes the optimal population for the United States is ...
* United Nations Population Fund
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies ...
* ''The Revenge of Gaia
''The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back – and How We Can Still Save Humanity'' (2006) is a book by James Lovelock. Some editions of the book have a different, less optimistic subtitle: ''Earth's Climate Crisis and the Fate of H ...
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