World Population Prospects 2022: Summary of Results

World Population Prospects 2022 is the twenty-seventh edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends. This latest assessment considers the results of 1,758 national population censuses conducted between 1950 and 2022, as well as information from vital registration systems and from 2,890 nationally representative sample surveys. 

The 2022 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and national levels. For the first time, the estimates and projections are presented in one-year intervals of age and time instead of the five-year intervals used previously. 

• SG's remarks on the occasion of World Population Day [arPDFOpens a new window] [enPDFOpens a new window] [esPDFOpens a new window] [frPDFOpens a new window] [ruPDFOpens a new window] [zhPDFOpens a new window]

• Summary of ResultsPDFOpens a new window
• Key messagesPDF
• DataOpens a new window
• Online portalOpens a new window
• Methodology paperPDF
• Data SourcesPDF

• DESA Voice:
  • ArticleOpens a new window
  • SDG blog by Ms. Anastasia GageOpens a new window

• Video messageOpens a new window by John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division

• Media advisoryPDFOpens a new window
• Press release [arPDFOpens a new window] [en]PDFOpens a new window [esPDFOpens a new window] [frPDFOpens a new window] [ru] [zhPDFOpens a new window]
• Press briefing:
  • Remarks by Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency AffairsPDFOpens a new window
  • Remarks by Mr. John Wilmoth, Director of the Population DivisionPDF
  • Press conference (UN Web TV)Opens a new window

• Launch Events:
  • Joint launch of World and China Population Prospects 2022: ProgrammePDFOpens a new window
    • Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)Opens a new window
    • Remarks by Mr. John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN DESA [PDFPDF] [PresentationPower Point document]
  • Australian National University, School of DemographyOpens a new window
  • World Population Day webinar, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw, Poland, 12 July 2022 (in English/Polish)Opens a new window [youTubeOpens a new window]
  • International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India [YouTubeOpens a new window]

• Partners:
  • Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) [enOpens a new window] [frOpens a new window]
  • Population & Demography Data Explorer - Our World in Data
• Articles
  • Environmental Change and Security Programme, the Wilson CenterOpens a new window 

Related link

• Day of Eight Billion, 15 November 2022