Fragile and conflict affected situations - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 930,004,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 930,004,300 in 2020 and a minimum value of 208,280,100 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 208,280,100
1961 213,082,100
1962 218,087,100
1963 223,284,600
1964 228,670,600
1965 234,243,200
1966 240,005,100
1967 245,962,200
1968 252,116,400
1969 258,473,200
1970 265,037,200
1971 271,800,300
1972 278,767,600
1973 285,961,200
1974 293,417,700
1975 301,154,400
1976 309,196,400
1977 317,520,800
1978 326,050,600
1979 334,679,700
1980 343,334,200
1981 352,006,800
1982 360,736,400
1983 369,569,500
1984 378,570,400
1985 387,802,200
1986 397,235,000
1987 406,892,500
1988 416,947,300
1989 427,617,000
1990 440,953,200
1991 453,319,600
1992 466,482,800
1993 480,128,000
1994 493,815,300
1995 507,247,400
1996 520,303,300
1997 533,112,500
1998 545,728,200
1999 558,627,500
2000 572,303,900
2001 586,760,400
2002 601,848,700
2003 617,468,600
2004 633,460,000
2005 649,704,400
2006 666,174,400
2007 682,901,600
2008 700,030,500
2009 717,553,800
2010 735,448,200
2011 753,858,900
2012 772,742,500
2013 791,943,300
2014 811,249,800
2015 830,536,100
2016 849,739,800
2017 868,954,200
2018 888,488,400
2019 908,739,500
2020 930,004,300

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population