Latest United Nations world population projections

In connection with its mission to diffuse knowledge in the scientific field of demography, INED has been chosen by the United Nations Population Division to announce and publicize the latest UN world population projections in France.

The following INED researchers have had exclusive access to the United Nations data and are available to answer your questions:

• Magali BARBIERI, Senior researcher specialized in mortality, causes of death, and child mortality in industrialized countries
• Aline DESESQUELLES, Senior researcher specialized in causes of death 
• Géraldine DUTHÉ, Senior researcher, co-director of INED’s DEMOSUD research unit (Demography of the Global South)
• Valérie GOLAZ, Senior researcher, co-director of INED’s DEMOSUD research unit (Demography of the Global South)
• Michel GUILLOT, Senior researcher specialized in mortality, health, and epidemiology 
• Gilles PISON, Professor at France’s Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, associated researcher at INED, specialist of world demography
• Laurent TOULEMON, Senior researcher specialized in fertility and fertility determinants

See attached United Nations press release (in French and English)

For the UN Report’s main findings, 10 key messages, and the database used, see the UN website: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/World-Population-Prospects-2022

For a focus on some of the main findings, see the INED web page: https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/demographic-facts-sheets/focus-on/world-population-prospects-2022/