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Permanent migration to OECD countries reached 6.1 million in 2022, a 26% increase compared with 2021, and its highest level since at least 2005. Rising labour migration was one contributing … Read more
Number of elderly (65+ years) per child (under five years), by country income group, 1950-2050 Higher-income countries are aging rapidly, whereas lower-income countries remain young. The world as a whole … Read more
The growth of the global population—from 8 billion in 2022 and 9.7 billion in 2050—will largely occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Meanwhile, the population is plateauing in high income … Read more
Refugees, asylum-seekers and others in need of international protection displaced during each year, 1975 – 2022 New conflicts have driven forced displacement. The invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 createdthe … Read more
Gender gaps in employment rates have continued to narrow over recent years, although more slowly than over previous decades. In fact, the gender gap fell by 5.4 percentage points between 2000 and … Read more
Attractiveness of OECD countries for potential migrants: highly skilled workers. New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, and Norway are the most attractive countries for highly skilled migrants in 2023. The United … Read more
Contributions to total population change of the balance of births over deaths and of immigration over emigration, by income group, from 1950-60 to 2040-50. Over the next few decades, migration … Read more
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say abortion should be legal in all (29%) or most cases (33%); 36% say it should be illegal in all (8%) or most cases (28%). Generally, … Read more
Across the Middle East and North Africa, more than one-in-three citizens (35%) are considering emigrating from their homeland. This level represents a dramatic increase since 2016, which ended a long-term … Read more
The bilateral corridor between the Russian Federation and Ukraine takes up spots four and five among the largest corridors in the world. About 3 million people born in the Russian Federation … Read more
Proportion of women aged 15 to 49 years who make their own decisions regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (including deciding on their own health care; deciding on the … Read more
About 3 in 10 women remain permanently childless in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Permanent childlessness has increased rapidly across East Asia.
Figure 1 – Highly developed countries with the highest levels of childlessness among women born in 1960 and 1972 and with the largest increases in the share of permanently childless women.
Mortality rates by vaccination status reveal that mortality is much higher among the unvaccinated.Conversely, absolute numbers (deaths by vaccination status) give no indication about the virus-protecting action of vaccines.
The share of Europe’s population in the world is shrinking and by 2070 it will account for just under 4% of the world’s population. Source: European Commission Report on the … Read more
76 years since the end of the Second World War, a large portion of the globe is still engulfed in some form of conflict. Countries in which there have been … Read more
Most international migrants originate from middle-income countries. In 2020, nearly 177 million international migrants, about 63 per cent of the total, came from a middle-income country. The number of migrants … Read more
In 2015 there were about 417,000 individuals aged 100 and over worldwide more than four times as many as in 1990, according to United Nations estimates. This figure is expected … Read more
During the first eight months of 2017, the UN migration agency (IOM) recorded 3,514 deaths and disappearances of international migrants were worldwide. The Mediterranean continues to account for the vast majority … Read more
Less than 3% of Africans live outside their country of birth, below the world average of around 3.1%.
Italy, Spain and Germany have reported the largest increase in childlessness in Europe. Source: http://www.fertilitydatasheet.org/
More than 9 out of 10 people do not think that the world is getting better. Nevertheless, it does not fit with the empirical evidence.
More than 80% of people living in urban areas (that monitor air pollution) are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) limits. While all regions … Read more
A fifth of the world population work in agriculture and over 400 million people are entrepreneurs. 430 million people are unemployed and almost 2 billion people are too young to … Read more
The global population of forcibly displaced people has increased substantially in the past two decades, rising from 37.3 million in 1996 to 65.3 million in 2015. “We are facing the … Read more
Early school leaving has declined but remains high, especially in Southern Europe. Notes.1. “Below upper-secondary education” denotes a level no higher than Level 3C short of the International Standard Classification … Read more
Two thirds of the world’s older persons live in the developing regions and their numbers are growing faster there than in the developed regions. World Population Ageing Report
Plenty of open space: Half the world’s population lives in the yellow, the other half lives in the black.
The health of American children is improving sharply, and the health gap between the rich and the poor among children and young adults is shrinking. Mortality rate per 1,000 children … Read more
Danish and Norwegian men do the most chores, South Korean, Indian and Japanese men the leastAverage number of minutes per day that men and women spend on unpaid work, including … Read more
There are four main migration routes to the EU and three of them involve the Mediterranean area. According to EU border agency Frontex, the Eastern Mediterranean route has had the … Read more
The world is now more urban than rural, and that we are heading towards the 70% threshold by 2050. Nevertheless, deep differences in patterns of urban growth emerge across the … Read more
