Documenting population trends

Basic demographic data is collected from population censuses, vital statistics registration and surveys. Population dynamics comprise analysis of demographic data, determinants and consequences of population trends and interaction of demographic and socio-economic variables.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Monitoring
2. Forecasting
3. Documenting world resources
4. Developing networked documentation services in social sciences
5. Demonstrating
6. Compiling socio-economic statistics

1. Undertaking demographic case studies in threatened areas
2. Studying impact of demographic factors on traditional livelihoods
3. Studying causes of segregation of minority population into urban ghettos
4. Studying causes of overpopulation
5. Strengthening databases on demographic trends and environment by ecological region
6. Strengthening capacity to build demographic factors into national sustainable development policies
7. Researching relationship between population structure and road accidents
8. Providing census data
9. Monitoring population policies
10. Monitoring pests
11. Monitoring multilateral population assistance
12. Monitoring environmental pollution due to over-population
13. Improving regional demographic information
14. Disaggregating population data by sex and age
15. Developing compatible demographic data and global behavioural indicators
16. Assessing links between demographic factors and sustainability
17. Assessing influence of the age structure of population on sustainable development
18. Analysing links between demographic factors and environmental change

1. Supporting demographic changes for sustainable development
2. Studying life support systems
3. Strengthening capacity to manage demographic change
4. Raising awareness of demography in sustainable development planning
5. Projecting resource consumption trends
6. Managing demographic change
7. Living within earth's carrying capacity
8. Integrating population programmes in environment and development plans
9. Integrating demographic and sustainable development concerns in education
10. Increasing awareness of population control
11. Increasing awareness of link between status of women and demographic dynamics
12. Increasing awareness of demographic impacts on sustainable development
13. Improving social and demographic statistics
14. Identifying areas where sustainability is threatened by demographic factors
15. Giving special attention to informing women on demographic impacts
16. Fostering linkages between family planning and social welfare
17. Developing scenarios for population growth
18. Developing international competence in population planning
19. Determining cause of death
20. Decreasing development lag against population growth
21. Building demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development
22. Building demographic factors into local programmes for sustainable development
23. Advancing family planning

1. Training demographers and ecologists in population-environment links
2. Strengthening research to build demographic factors into local sustainable development programmes
3. Strengthening research cooperation and exchange of information on demographic change
4. Including demographic concerns in international programmes for sustainable development
5. Focusing on programmes serving multiple demographic and sustainable development goals
6. Classifying population profile

1. Providing public information and education on reproduction and health

1. Underpopulation
2. Social underdevelopment
3. Economic underdevelopment

1. Unsociable
2. Underpopulation
3. Overpopulation
4. Overgrowth
5. Growth
6. Depopulation

1. FAOSTAT Annual Population
2. United Nations DESA / Population Division
3. The Population Projections: Documentation of the BEFINN and BEFREG models
4. US Population Estimates APIs
5. Main Factors Driving Population Growth
6. County Health Rankings