The world’s populations

Contraception across the world (2022)

1.9 billion women on earth are of reproductive age, yet only half use contraception. What explains this difference?

Isabelle Konuma

Isabelle Konuma, senior professor of Japanese studies at INALCO, recently published Eugénisme au Japon—Politiques et droit de 1868 à 1996 [Eugenics in Japan: Policies and law, 1868-1996] with INED Publications. She answered our questions about the premises of eugenics in Japan and the impact of the practice on the country’s demographics at the present time.

Upward educational mobility in France over three generations: a gap persists in the case of grandchildren of North African immigrants

A study based on the Trajectories and Origins 2 survey reveals that educational inequalities between the descendants of immigrants and the majority population in France do not disappear completely after three generations.

Population data

by Marion Leturcq Figuring out population change, videos about fundamental demographic issues October 2019 Duration:3’

Projections

Population by region

Population, births, deaths