"Provides a statistical summary of the responses of Governments to population growth, size and age structure; health and mortality; fertility, reproductive health and the family; population distribution and internal migration; and national population policies and the implementation of the...

The world is faced with challenges in all three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. For instance, more than 1 billion people are still living in extreme poverty, income inequality within and among many countries has been rising and, at the same time,...