World Population Day

• World Population Day is celebrated every year on 11 July to spread awareness about population issues across the world.

• The theme of World Population Day 2024 is "Leave no one behind, count everyone".

• The then Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme established World Population Day in 1989.

• The day was established as a result of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was celebrated on 11 July 1987.

• The day was first celebrated on 11 July 1990. In December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to continue celebrating World Population Day.