{"id":28166,"date":"2017-06-19T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=28166"},"modified":"2017-06-19T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T19:30:18","slug":"new-global-and-regional-population-estimates-and-projections-presented-by-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/06\/new-global-and-regional-population-estimates-and-projections-presented-by-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"New global and regional population estimates and projections presented by the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"

What:<\/strong> Press briefing presenting the latest population estimates and projections: \u201cWorld Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The report, published by the Population Division of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Economic and Social Affairs, provides a comprehensive review of worldwide demographic trends and prospects for the future. The information is essential to guide policies aimed at achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals. The data being presented include new estimates and projections of the size and characteristics of the world\u2019s population from 1950 until 2100, along with updated information on levels and trends of fertility, life expectancy, and net migration at the global, regional and national levels.<\/p>\n

Who:<\/strong> Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division,
\nUnited Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA)<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Wednesday 21 June 2017, 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> S-237, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters, New York or live through webtv.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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For Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Media Accreditation, visit: www.un.org\/en\/media\/accreditation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please note that these materials are embargoed until Wednesday, 21 June, 11 a.m. EDT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After that time, all the materials will be available for download at: http:\/\/esa.un.org\/unpd\/wpp<\/a><\/p>\n

Press Contact<\/strong>
\nMs. Melanie Prud\u2019homme, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Public Information
\nT: 917-367-3541 \/ E: prudhommem@un.org
\nMr. Kensuke Matsueda, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Public Information
\nT: 917-367-5418 \/ E: matsueda@un.org<\/p>\n

Available for Interviews<\/strong>
\n– Mr. John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA (English)
\n– Mr. Jorge Bravo, Chief, Demographic Analysis Branch, Population Division, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA (Spanish)
\n– Ms. Sabine Henning, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Office of the Director, Population Division, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA (German)
\n– Mr. Danan Gu, Population Affairs Officer, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA (Chinese)
\n– Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Pelletier, Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA (French)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press Briefing, Wednesday, 21 June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":28171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}