Today is World Population Day

Today is World Population Day. The day is observed on the 11th of July every year. The objective of the day is to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. By a resolution in December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly decided to continue observing Worl...