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Video Do young people still want marriage and families? Watch video News “She has given us a sense of security”: The humanitarian midwives deployed to Sudan’s Blue Nile State Read story See the latest Latest campaigns An Unforgettable Day Girls should not be sacrificed for her family’s economic salvation, poverty being a driver of child marriage. Let a girl be a girl. And let a woman’s… Latest campaigns 2026 Humanitarian Action Overview In 2026, UNFPA is appealing for $1 billion to deliver life-saving reproductive health and critical gender-based violence prevention services and… Latest campaigns Safe Birth, Even Here UNFPA’s campaign to end maternal death in humanitarian and fragile settings. Read more 2026 Humanitarian Action Overview Read more Read more All campaigns In focus News story New data show barriers to partnering and parenting: A “baby bust” myth-buster UNITED NATIONS, New York – Societies are “heading towards a demographic cliff”, according to some headlines. The “global baby bust” is the result of a “ Read more Project Page What if you had no say? What if you couldn’t make any life choices? What if someone was always telling you what to do – what to wear, what to say, who to hang out with, even Read more Humanitarian emergency Middle East Crisis As the humanitarian crisis continues across the Middle East, tens of thousands of people have been killed, injured and displaced, with civilians the Read more Pregnant women and newborns are among the most vulnerable in conflict UNFPA is critically concerned for women and girls in Gaza, including the estimated 43,580 pregnant women. These women are cut off from safe delivery services as hospitals come under attack and the health system unravels, with life-saving medicines, fuel and electricity running out. Help us deliver essential healthcare services to women in Gaza. DONATE TODAY World population spotlight Explore data on sexual and reproductive health and population trends. 8.2 billion Total world population 2025 197 Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) 2023 56% Decision-making on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, percent 2007-2024 19% Child marriage by age 18, percent 2006-2024 Explore data Events 19 August 2026 World Humanitarian Day Learn more Browse all events Share on Facebook Share on X The United Nations Population Fund is the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. 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