The State of World Population 2016

No. of pages: 116

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Author: UNFPA

In some sense, today’s 10-year-old girls—just over 60 million in number— are the point where achieving the 2030 Agenda begins, since they are among the population groups most in danger of being left behind.

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