Department Of Economic And Social Affairs: 3 books

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 provides an overview of progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations system and based on current...

World Fertility Report 2013: Fertility at the Extremes is the fifth in a series and focuses on trends in fertility over the past 20 years and key factors underlying these trends for countries at the extremes of fertility: 66 countries with more than 3.2 children per woman in 2005-2010 and 70 countries...

In 2016, an estimated 54.5 per cent of the world’s population lived in urban settlements. By 2030, urban areas are projected to house 60 per cent of people globally and one in every three people will live in cities with at least half a million inhabitants. Understanding the key trends in urbanization...