2012 world population data sheet

This report informs people around the world about issues related to population, health, and the environment. The paper presents a complex picture of countries still struggling with economic challenges and inequalities, while others are making significant headway.

Some notable findings of the report are that:

• developed countries as a whole will experience little or no population growth in this century, and much of that growth will be from immigration from less developed countries
• on contrary, the world’s poorest countries will see the growth
• noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic lung diseases, are now the leading causes of death in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa
• people living in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to die prematurely from NCDs than those in high-income countries

The paper recommends the creation of evidence-based policies and the dependence on active coalitions in order to progress toward positive social change.