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World Population Day 2012
The World Population Day being observed on Wednesday, the 11th July,
2012. Nearly 41 years ago world leaders declared July 11 as World Population
Day.The world holds 7,025,071,966 people as on July 9, 2012, a leap of over 2.5 times over the last fifty
years, while earth's resources remain finite.
Since framing of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the themes of
the annual event have centred around one or more of these goals. The
theme of the World Population Day 2012 is "Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services".
Many activities and campaigns will call attention to the essential part
that reproductive health plays in development of communities.
The world's seven billionth person born on October 31, 2011
UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls a "world of contradiction" -- and facing an uphill battle if it is on the wrong side of the poverty line.
While many countries around the world will be choosing their own symbolic baby, holding rallies and other events to mark the latest stage
of the global population explosion, Ban will not be seen cuddling a newborn.
According to the UN secretary general, however, the seven billion day is no laughing matter. Ban said he suspects the seven billionth person, wherever he or she is born, "will be born into a world of contradiction."
"Plenty of food, but still a billion people going to bed hungry every night. Many people enjoy luxurious lifestyles, but still many people are
impoverished," he said in an interview with Time magazine. "Seven billion people who need enough food. Enough energy. Good
opportunities in life for jobs and education. Rights and freedoms. The freedom to speak. The freedom to raise their own children in peace and
security.
The UN predicts that India will overtake China as the world's most
populous nation by 2025, when it will have almost 1.5 billion people. Experts say the whole world will face huge challenges containing poverty
and saving the environment.
World Population Day
2011
On Monday 11th July, 2011 World Population Day, UNFPA is
launching a global campaign called 7 Billion Actions to create a more just and sustainable world.
 According to the United Nations Population Division world population will reach 7 billion on 31 October 2011.
Currently about 78 million people are added to global population each year, increasing demand for natural resources and putting
increased pressure on our planet. According to the median projection of the UN Population Division, world
population will reach 8 billion by 2025, 9 billion by 2043, and then 10 billion by 2083.
While poverty, inequality and increased stress on resources represent major challenges, the world is more interconnected
than ever before, creating enormous possibilities. We now have new and capacity to share information and ideas, and
engage communities across the globe to solve problems that affect us.
India’s population as per 2011 census
India’s population as per 2011 census was 1.21 billion, second only to China in the world. India accounts for 2.4% of the world’s surface area
yet it supports more than 17.5% of the world’s population. The National Population Policy, 2000 (NPP 2000) provides a policy
framework for advancing goals and prioritizing strategies to meet the
reproductive and child health needs of the people of India, and to achieve net replacement levels of fertility (i.e. TFR 2.1) by 2010.
World Population Day 2010
World Population Day 2009 is on July 11,
2010. The theme of World Population Day 2010 is .“Every One Counts”.
This is an annual event, which seeks to raise awareness about global population issues.
This year’s theme is about encouraging people to participate in their
official census and other methods of collecting data on populations.
The theme "Everyone Counts" highlights the compelling stories that
numbers tell us about people. In Asia, when censuses and surveys identified sex-ratio imbalances and missing girls, governments
responded, the media reported extensively on the disturbing trends and
people were rallied to action. In Europe and other regions, policy debate heated up when data analysis examined the levels of
replacement immigration needed to counteract declining and ageing populations.
The World population is estimated to be around 6.8 billion by end of
June 2010 as against 5 billion in July 1987. At the current rate of growth in population, the number of people in the world is likely to
reach 7 billion by October 2012, according to analysts. The population
in India has increased more than three times from 350 million in 1947 to
1.15 billion in 2010.
World Population Day 2009
World Population Day 2009
was observed on July 11, 2009. The theme for the year 2009 was, “Fight Poverty: Educate Girls” is a serious reminder
that the future of the world’s well being depends on educating and empowering
women. Several studies have shown that investments in health and education for
women and girls are linked to increase in productivity and national income.
Moreover, women are generally observed to be economic agents for productivity
because they invest their earnings —however meagre, in the health and education of their children.
World Population Day History
About 40 years ago world leaders declared July 11 as World Population Day, upholding the basic human
right of individuals to freely and responsibly decide the number and timing of
their children. Instituted in 1989 as an offshoot of the Day of Five Billion
dated July 11, 1987, the United Nations earmarked World Population Day to increase world awareness of population issues. Importance of family planning,
gender equality, poverty, maternal health, sexual and reproductive health and
human rights are some population- related issues that have a serious impact on the world’s development and environment.
Awareness to tackle population
World Population Day invites attention on the immediacy and importance of
population related issues, with the view to formulate development plans and programs and find solutions to these issues. However critical the global
financial meltdown is, nations cannot ignore funding for education—especially women’s education, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and the
prevention and control of epidemics and a host of other population-related factors.
The UNFPA has laid down certain priorities to tackle population related issues in a world that is
reeling under a financial crunch.
• Address the urgent need for family planning as it directly impacts cost
savings in the health sector, in promoting maternal health, neonatal and child health
• Stress the need to prevent teenage pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy, which can
affect women’s health and lead to unsafe abortions
• Since statistics prove that maternal mortality has a negative effect on GDP,
at least consider the significant economic returns brought in by investments in
maternal health—even if you don’t care much for womenfolk |
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World
Population
The table that follows shows world human population in millions, in 50-year intervals, since the year 1750.
Year Population
1750......790 million
1800......980 million
1850...1,260 million
1900...1,650 million
1950...2,555 million
2000...6,080 million
2009...6,200 million
(data from United Nations and Bureau of Census) -
Just in the last 10-year period from 1990 to
2000, the increase for that period is 796 million. This is an average increase of 79.6 million per year - or about
218,000 per day, 9,100 per hour, 150 per minute.
World Population Problems
The more recent "explosive" growth, which causes serious
world population problems and environmental problems, is due to much more than just advances in agricultural
technology. Among other factors is the decrease in the death rate due to advances in medicine and sanitation.
Thousands, mostly children, starve to death every day in different places around the world. And just a few of the
consequent environmental problems: Forests everywhere are "disappearing." The global unpolluted fresh water
supply is in danger. Air in most big cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy. |
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Initiatives To Check Population
Growth in India
In pursuance of the National Population Policy, the Government had set
up “National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)” and “Jansankya Sthirata Kosh (JSK)” to check the growth of
population. The aims and objectives include encouragement of Fixed day, Fixed Place
Family Planning Services round the year through 24X7 Primary Health
Centres and other facilities under the Health Mission, carefully introducing new and
effective contraceptives in the programme, increase in the compensation
package for sterilization. Also a National Family Planning Insurance Scheme was also started since November 2005 to compensate the
sterilization acceptors for failures, complications and deaths. With a
view to achieve good health for people, especially the poor and the underprivileged, the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) aims at reducing
the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to one per one thousand live births, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 28 per one thousand live births and the
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1.
Top
countries population
The 16 countries with the largest total population
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| Country / Territory |
Population |
Date |
% of world population |
1. China
(excluding Hong Kong and Macau) |
1,329,740,000 |
March 25, 2009 |
19.66% |
| 2. India |
1,145,174,000 |
March 3, 2009 |
16.94% |
| 3.United States |
305,924,270 |
March 2, 2009 |
4.53% |
| 4.Indonesia |
229,631,355 |
March 3, 2009 |
3.4% |
| 5.Brazil |
190,765,170 |
March 3, 2009 |
2.82% |
| 6.Pakistan |
166,137,500 |
April 15, 2009 |
2.45% |
| 7.Bangladesh |
155,688,660 |
March 2, 2009 |
2.3% |
| 8.Nigeria |
148,235,170 |
UN estimate |
2.19% |
| 9.Russia |
141,849,333 |
March 3, 2009 |
2.1% |
| 10.Japan |
127,170,110 |
March 2, 2009 |
1.88% |
| 11.Mexico |
111,077,375 |
March 2, 2009 |
1.64% |
| 12.Philippines |
93,843,460 |
March 2, 2009 |
1.39% |
| 13.Vietnam |
86,709,095 |
March 2, 2009 |
1.28% |
| 14.Germany |
82,060,000 |
December 2008 |
1.21% |
| 15.Ethiopia |
79,221,000 |
July 2008 |
1.18% |
| 16.Egypt |
75,973,137 |
March 3, 2009 |
1.12% |
Source: Counties Population clock, Statistics Bureau
Population in India
India is the second largest country in population after China.
According to the India Population clock its population on March 3, 2009 was 1,145,174,000 that is nearly 16.94% of world
population. Even the population of Indian states are more than some countries.
The population in India has increased more than three times from 350 million in 1947 to
1.15 billion in 2010. As per Report of the Working Group on Population Stabilization – 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), Indian population is
expected to overtake that of China by the year 2030 and the country will
be the largest in the world with an estimated population of around 1.53 billion.
The population
of Indian states in comparison with some countries of world |
| Indian
states |
Population (In
crores) |
Some Countries |
Population
(In crores) |
| Uttar Pradesh |
18.30 |
Brazil |
18.70 |
| Maharastra. |
10.40 |
Mexico |
10.40 |
| Bihar . |
9.0 |
Germany |
8.30 |
| West Bengal. |
8.50 |
Vietnam |
8.50 |
| Andra Pradesh |
8.0 |
Philippines |
8.0 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
6.60 |
Thailand |
6.30 |
| Tamil Nadu. |
6.50 |
France |
6.10 |
| .Rajasthan |
6.20 |
Italy |
5.90 |
| Gujarat |
5.50 |
South Africa |
4.70 |
| Punjab |
2.60 |
Peru |
2.60 |
| Hariyana |
2.30 |
Romania |
2.20 |
| Chattishgarh |
2.20 |
Ghana |
2.20 |
| Delhi |
1.60 |
Columbia |
1.40 |
| Jammu-Kashmir |
1.10 |
Belgium |
1.0 |
| Uttrakhand |
0.90 |
Austria |
0.80 |
Source: UN Population Prospectus 2006 |
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