World Population day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the approximate date on which the world's population reached five billion people. World Population Day aims to increase people's awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.
While press interest and general awareness in the global population surges only at the increments of whole billions of people, the world population increases by 100 million approximately every 14 months. The world population reached 7,400,000,000 on February 6, 2016; the world population will reach 7,500,000,000 at 16:21 on April 24, 2017.
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See also
- Agricultural effects and population limits from peak oil
- List of countries by population
- List of population concern organizations
- Human overpopulation
- Negative Population Growth
- United Nations Population Fund
- The Revenge of Gaia
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References
- Lartigue, Casey, Jr. (2010-04-22). "Happy Earth Day! And Please, Live,". the Korea Times. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
- World Population Day
- UN population estimates and projections
- World and US Population clock
- World Population Day Updates
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