Summary and policy considerations

Seventy years ago, with the adoption of the first national population policy in India in 1952, the focus of population and family policies in developing countries with rapidly growing populations, was to lower fertility and curb population growth. According to the World Population Policies database, more than 20 years later, in 1976, 40 countries, accounting for almost two thirds of the world’s population at that time and including almost all the largest developing countries, except for Nigeria, Ethiopia, Brazil and the Former USSR, had explicit policies to reduce fertility levels.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Good Health and Well-Being

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities