Learning to live on a crowded planet
Globe and Mail - South Africa
Hania Zlotnik, director of the UN Population Division, says all of this could have been much worse if not for rapid changes to the lives of women. Women are better educated, have more work opportunities and pressures, and get better access to birth control, and that has led to a dramatic drop in fertility over the last two generations. Worldwide, women now have half as many children as they did in the 1960s and just slightly more than is needed to replace and maintain the current population.,…(4 August 2011)

The state of our economy: What recent research tells us
MoneyWeb - South Africa
As the effects of HIV/Aids begin to take hold and combine with relatively low life expectancy at birth figures, SA's forecasted population growth has been radically down casted to annual mid-level prediction of 0.47% between 2010 and 2015 and 0,38% between 2015 and 2020, according to the World Population Prospects released by the UN's Population Division.,…(31 January 2011)

Infant deaths report grim reading
News24 - South Africa
According to a table of indicators contained in the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) "State of World Population 2010" report, released on Wednesday, infant mortality in South Africa is 43 per 1 000 live births. The rates in Botswana and Namibia are 32 and 30 respectively. Other Southern African neighbours have higher rates of infant deaths: 65 per 1 000 live births in Lesotho; 83 in Mozambique; 59 in Swaziland; and 51 in Zimbabwe. The report says the data estimates are for this year, and the source is the UN's Population Division (UNPD). (20 Oct. 2010)

Whole world’s coming to town
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
According to the UN’s Population Division , come 2050, half of Africa will, indeed, have found their way to Johannesburg. The greatest societal change of the ... (7 January 2009)

HIV/Aids stabilised, but still a long way to go before numbers decline
The South African Star - Johannesburg, South Africa
Its authors are from the Population Council and the United Nations Population Division. The council said that worldwide 0,8% of adults were HIV-positive, ...(30 June 2008)

Facts and figures by The Globalist
Business Report - South Africa
Of the nearly 1 billion women in the world aged 40 years or older, 71 million - or 8 percent - are estimated to be childless. - UN Population Division (10 March 2008)

Half of world to live in cities by end 2008-UN
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
Despite the challenges urbanization poses for governments, Hania Zlotnik , head of the UN Population Division, told reporters urbanization is often a sign of ... (26 February 2008)