| Title |
WORLD POPULATION
DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
July 11 every year |
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Objective |
It seeks to raise
awareness of global population issues. |
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Description |
- The event was established by the Governing Council
of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was
inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day
on July 11, 1987.
- World Population Day aims at increase in people's
awareness on various population issues such as the
importance of family planning, gender equality,
poverty, maternal health and human rights.
- August 10, 2000
- On this day, the world population reached 6
billion mark according to
www.ibiblio.org world
population tracker.
- The world population (as of
January 01, 2014)
is estimated to be 7,137,661,030.
- Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) in India
is doing every effort to draw the attention of the Media and
the masses towards the issues of Population Stabilization.
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