• In 2007, the world’s population is more than 6.5 billion. Up to 85 percent of the world’s population lives in developing countries.
• According to UN estimates, the population of the 50 poorest countries is projected to more than double by 2050. The world population will increase by 2.5 billion.
• Nearly half of the world's population is young people, from 15 to 24 years old.
• Women account for 70 percent of the world’s illiterate people.
• 28 percent of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty in 1990. By 2002 the figure had decreased to 19 percent mainly due to Asian development.
• The global unemployment rate for young people was 85.7 in 2005.

Sources: UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNDP