State Of World Population Report 2023
News: India will surpass China as the world’s most populated nation this year, according to the UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) newly issued State of World Population report.
Report highlights include:
In comparison to the global average of 2.3 births per woman, India’s total fertility rate, or births per woman, was calculated at 2.
Male Indians were predicted to live to an average age of 71, and females to an average age of 74.
Concerning statistics regarding gender rights in India were also presented in the report.
11 adolescents were born for every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, and 23% of girls were married off before turning 18.
UNFPA’s (United Nations Population Fund):
It is a global organisation for development founded in 1968 to aid in the implementation of initiatives and programmes pertaining to population, sexual, and reproductive health.
The organization’s goal is to bring about a world in which every pregnancy is desired, every birth is secure, and every young person’s potential is realised.
The United Nations Fund for Population Activities, or UNFPA, was preserved after it was officially renamed the United Nations Population Fund in 1987.
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