United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics

World's Women 2000: Chapter 1- Population
Some important findings:

-	Women are having fewer children on average but with more women of reproductive age, world population continues to grow.
-	Population of 1.15 billion adolescents, living mostly in developing countries, is largest in history.
-	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.
-	Populations around the world are ageing as fewer children are born and people live increasingly longer lives.
-	Although women outnumber men in most regions, men outnumber women in parts of Asia.
-	Women represent a large proportion of international migrants---an estimated 56 million women out of a total of 118 million migrants.

DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS