Report launch: World population to peak in this century UN to release latest estimates and projections of global trends

Live on UN Web TV

Report and dataset under embargo until 11 July 2024, 12:30 pm EDT

According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results, it is expected that the world’s population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next sixty years from 8.2 billion in 2024 to around 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s, and then return to 10.2 billion people by the end of the century.

The report highlights regional differences, with some areas experiencing rapid population growth and others facing population decline. Such insights provide crucial guidance for policymakers as they seek to promote sustainable development, optimize resource allocation and ensure access to essential social services for all.

The World Population Prospects 2024 dataset offers a comprehensive overview of global population trends between 1950 and 2024, tracking growth rates, age structures and the three components of population change (fertility, mortality and international migration), as well as projections of future trends until 2100 at the global, regional and national levels.
 
WHAT:             Press briefing to launch the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results
WHEN:              Thursday, 11 July 2024, 12.30 pm EDT (following the noon briefing)
WHERE:            UN Press Briefing Room, S-237, UN Headquarters
                           Follow live on UN Web TV
WHO:  

• Navid Hanif, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Clare Menozzi, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

About the World Population Prospects 2024
The World Population Prospects 2024 is the twenty-eighth edition of the official population estimates and projections of the global population published by the UN since 1951. These estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population levels and trends at the global, regional and national levels. The World Population Prospects 2024 Report: Summary of Results, presents the key findings from the analysis of the dataset.
 
All relevant documents, including the World Population Prospects 2024 Report and the World Population Prospects 2024 dataset are available at population.un.org   
 
Hashtags: #UNPopulation, #PeopleOfTomorrow, #GlobalGoals
 
Media Contacts:
Sharon Birch |UN Department of Global Communications | E: birchs@un.org
Helen Daun Rosengren |UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs | E: rosengrenh@un.org 
Karoline Schmid |UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs | E: schmidk@un.org
 
Expert Interview Opportunities:
•          John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division (English)
•          Patrick Gerland, Chief, Population Estimates and Projection Section (French, English)
•          Clare Menozzi, Chief, Demographic Analysis Section (English, Italian)
•          Sara Hertog, Senior Population Affairs Officer (English)
•          Vladimira Kantorova, Senior Population Affairs Officer (English)
•          Mark Wheldon, Population Affairs Officer (English)
•          Yumiko Kamiya, Population Affairs Officer (English, Portuguese)
•          Helena Cruz Castanheira, Senior Population Affairs Officer (Spanish, Portuguese, English) – for Latin America