World Population Day is a great event being celebrated all through the world annually on 11th of July. It is celebrated to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. It was first started in the year 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was exalted by the interest of the public when the global population became near about five billion at 11th of July in the year 1987.
World Population Day Themes
· The theme of 2015 is “Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies”.
· The theme of 2014 would be “A time to reflect on population trends and related issues”.
· The theme of 2013 was “Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy”.
· The theme of 2012 was “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services”.
· The theme of 2011 was “7 Billion Actions”.
· The theme of 2010 was “Be Counted: Say What You Need”.
· The theme of 2009 was “Fight Poverty: Educate Girls”.
· The theme of 2008 was “Plan Your Family, Plan Your Future”.
· The theme of 2007 was “Men at Work”.
· The theme of 2006 was “Being Young is Tough”.
· The theme of 2005 was “Equality Empowers”.
· The theme of 2004 was “ICPD at 10”.
· The theme of 2003 was “1,000,000,000 adolescents”.
· The theme of 2002 was “Poverty, Population and Development”.
· The theme of 2001 was “Population, Environment and Development”.
· The theme of 2000 was “Saving Women’s Lives”.
· The theme of 1999 was “Start the Count-up to the Day of Six Billion”.
· The theme of 1998 was “Approaching the Six Billion”.
· The theme of 1997 was “Adolescent Reproductive Health Care”.
· The theme of 1996 was “Reproductive Health and AIDS”.