By: John Mosoti The presentation of our new population projections for Bosnia and Herzegovina last December sent shock waves through the country. The main message reported in the media was that if current trends...
read moreISTANBUL – As countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia struggle with the effects of demographic change, a growing consensus on how best to address these challenges was on display at a virtual event on...
read moreUNFPA’s Demographic Resilience Programme is working to improve the capacity of countries in Europe and Central Asia to develop population and social policies and programmes that respond to demographic change, strengthen...
watch videoISTANBUL, 10 July 2020 – Ahead of tomorrow’s World Population Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is launching a new programme to strengthen the capacity of countries in Europe and Central Asia to respond to...
read moreIn more and more countries around the world, population numbers are starting to fall, but no region is more affected by this change than Eastern Europe. The latest population projections from the United Nations show this trend clearly: Nine of the world’s ten fastest-shrinking countries are in Eastern Europe.
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