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Women are having fewer children on average but with more women of reproductive age, world population continues to grow.

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Population of 1.15 billion adolescents, living mostly in developing countries, is largest in history.

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Population of people over 60 is expected to grow from 600 million to 1 billion in next 20 years, with many more older women than men.

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Populations around the world are ageing as fewer children are born and people live increasingly longer lives.

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Although women outnumber men in most regions, men outnumber women in parts of Asia.

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Women represent a large proportion of international migrants---an estimated 56 million women out of a total of 118 million migrants.