Population
Improvements in national averages for life expectancy, fertility, migration, and other indicators have been seen across the globe. However, there are still considerable variations within countries stemming from disparities in income, availability of and access to services, social practices, and conflict.
World population distribution by sex and age group
Fertility rate by world and income group
Total births per woman
Years of life expectancy at birth by sex and income group
Age at first marriage by sex
Indicators
- Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
- Age population, interpolated
- Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
- Completeness of birth registration (%)
- Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
- Heads of households, female (% of households with a female head)
- Life expectancy at age 60 (years)
- Life expectancy at birth (years)
- Mean age at first marriage
- Migrants, female (% of international migrant stock)
- Population (age group as % of total population)
- Population (number)
- Population, female (% of total population)
- Rural population (%)
- Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
- Urban population (%)
Women and migration: exploring the data
See how the share of females in international migration changes by income and region.
Why gender is an important part of migration policy: an example
These findings from an ongoing impact evaluation in Indonesia illustrate why a gender lens is useful for studying migration.
Love, marriage, and development: 4 observations
Learn about the marriage age gap between men and women across regions and countries and how the age at which you marry might be correlated with income level or having more children.