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1、DepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedbytheStatisticsDivision,withassistancefromtheDivisionfortheAdvancementofWomen,DepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsoftheUnitedNationsSecretariat.TheSecretariatgratefullyacknowledgesthegraciouscontri-butionsofthefollowingbodiesandGovern
2、ments:theUnitedNationsChildren’sFund(UNICEF),theUnitedNationsDevelopmentFundforWomen(UNIFEM),theUnitedNationsOfficeforProjectServices(UNOPS),theUnitedNationsPopulationFund(UNFPA),theWorldFoodProgramme(WFP),theWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),theInter-ParliamentaryUnionandtheGovernmentsofBahrain,Denma
3、rk,Finland,Germany,Iceland,Italy,Mexico,theNetherlands,NorwayandtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.UnitedNationsNewYork2000■CHAPTER1PopulationSomeimportantfindings:•Womenarehavingfewerchildrenonaveragebutwithmorewomenofreproductiveage,worldpopulationcontinuestogrow.•Populationof1.15
4、billionadolescents,livingmostlyindevelopingcountries,islargestinhistory.•Populationofpeopleover60isexpectedtogrowfrom600millionto1billioninnext20years,withmanymoreolderwomenthanmen.•Populationsaroundtheworldareageingasfewerchildrenarebornandpeopleliveincreasinglylongerlives.•Althoughwomenoutnumbe
5、rmeninmostregions,menoutnumberwomeninpartsofAsia.•Womenrepresentalargeproportionofinternationalmigrants—anestimated56mil-lionwomenoutofatotalof118millionmigrants.DEMOGRAPHICCHANGESChildrenrepresentalargeshareofthepopulationProfounddemographicchangesaretakingplaceinsomepartsoftheworld.In66countrie
6、s,atleast40aroundtheworld.Thelargest-evergenerationofado-percentofthepopulationconsistsofchildren;insev-lescentsincountrieswithhighfertilityintherecenteralcountries,almosthalfofthepopulationisunderPopulationestimatesandprojectionspastisonepopulationgroupthatreflectstheseage15(table1.A).changes.An
7、otheristherapidlygrowinggroupofInalmostallcountries,however,theshareofchil-Dataondemographictrendsolderwomenandmeninallcountries,withtheoldestdreninthepopulationisdecreasingasfertilityratesusedinthepresentreportaretake
