TY - BOOK TI - World Population Policies 2009 U1 - 304.6 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - United nations N1 - PartOne. Government Views and policies I. Major Population Concerns 7 II. Population SIZE and GROWTH 8 III. Population AGE STRUCTURE * 10 IV. Fertility AND FAMILY planning 12 V. Health and mortality 17 VI. Spatial distribution and internal migration : 27 VII. International migration 32 References 39 Boxes 1. Sources for monitoring government views and policies on population 3 2. Major Population concerns of Governments in 2009 7 3. Countries with legal measures to prohibit AIDS-related discrimination in 2009 by rate of adult HIV prevalence 22 4. Countries that liberalized or restricted grounds on which abortion is permitted between 1996 and 2009 , 26 FIGURES I. Distribution of Government According to Aeir level of concern about population ageing, 2009 10 II. Governments in Africa according to their view son the level of fertility, 1976 and 2009.... 13 III. Government policies on the level of fertility, 1976,1986,1996 and 2009 13 IV. Governments in Europe according to their views on the level of fertility, 1976 and 2009.. 14 V. Percentage of Governments providing direct support to facilitate access to modem contraceptive methods, 1976,1986,1996 and 2009 15 VI. Government policies on providing access to contraceptive methods, Africa, 1976 and 2009 16 Page VII. Developing countries that view their mortality level as acceptable, 1976,1986, World Population Policies 2009 1996 and 2009..:... \1 VIII. Distribution of countries according to the implementation of measures to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 2009 20 IX. Countries with legal measures to prohibit AIDS-related discrimination, 2009 21 X. Grounds on which abortion is permitted by level of development in 1980, 1996 and 2009 24 XI. Countries by grounds on which abortion is permitted, 2009 25 XII. Government views on the spatial distribution of their population, 2009 28 XIII. Government policies on immigration, 1996 and 2009 35 XIV. Government policies on the immigration of highly skilled workers, 2009 36 Tables 1. Government views on the rate of population growth: 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2009 44 ' 2. Government policies on the rate of population growth: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009...r. 46 3. Government level of concern about the ageing oft he population, 2009 48 4. Government level of concern about the size of the population of working-age, 2009 49 5. Government views on the level of fertility: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009. 50 6. Government policies on the level of fertility: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009 52 7. Government policies on providing access to contraceptive methods: 1976,1986, 1996 and 2009 54 8. Government level of concern about adolescent fertility, 1996 and 2009 56 9. Government policies and programmes addressing adolescent fertility, 1996 and 2009 57 10. Govemmentviewsontheacceptability ofthe mortality level: 1976, 1986,1996 and 2009 58 11. Government views on the acceptability of the level of under-five mortality, 1996 and 2009 60 12. Government views on the acceptability oft he level of maternal mortality, 2009 61 13. Government level of concern about HIV/AIDS, 1996 and 2009 62 14. Government measures implemented in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 2009 63 15. Government views on the spatial distribution of the population: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009..... 64 16. ^Government policies on internal migration from rural areas to urban areas, 2009 66 17... Government policies on internal migration into urban agglomerations: 1976,1986, 1996 and 2009 67 18. Government policies on internal migration from urban areas to urban areas, 2009 69 19. Government policies on internal migration from urban areas to rural areas, 2009 70 20. Government views on the level of immigration: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009 71 vi United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division Page 21. Government policies on immigration: 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2009 73 22. Government policies on immigration for permanent settlement, 2009 75 23. Government policies on immigration of highly skilled workers, 2009 76 24. Government policies on immigration of temporary workers, 2009 : 77 25. Government policies on immigration for family reunification, 2009 78 26. Government policies on integration of non-citizens, 2009 79 27. Government views on the level of emigration: 1976, 1986,1996 and 2009 80 28. Government policies on emigration: 1976,1986,1996 and 2009 82 29. Government Policies on encouraging the return of citizens, 2009 84 Part Two. Country profiles VIII. Definitions and sources 87 A. Glossary 87 1. Government views and policies 87 2. Demographic indicators 94 B. Sources 95 C. Ordering the data on CD-Rom 97 IX. Profiles of national population policies 99 Afghanistan 100 Albania 102 Algeria 104 Andorra 106 Angola 108 Antigua and Barbuda no Argentina 112 Armenia 114 Australia 116 Austria 118 Azerbaijan /. 12o Bahamas : 122 Bahrain 124 Bangladesh 126 Barbados j28 Belarus Belgium j32 Page World Population Policies 2009 Belize I34 Benin 135 Bhutan 13g Bolivia(Plurinational State of) n 140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 142 Botswana I44 Brazil I45 Brunei Darussalam 148 Bulgaria 150 Burkina Faso 152 Burundi I54 Cambodia 156 Cameroon 158 Canada 160 Cape Verde 162 Qentral African Republic 164 Chad ; 166 Chile 168 China 170 Colombia 172 Comoros 174 Congo 176 Cook Islands 178 Costa Rica .1 180 Coted'Ivoire 182 Croatia 184 Cuba 186 Cyprus 188 Czech Republic 190 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 192 Democratic Republic of the Congo 194 Denmark I95 Djibouti 198 Dominica 200 Dominican Republic 202 Ecuador 204 Egypt 1 206 El Salvador .;/ 208 Equatorial Gumea 2IO j^ritrea 212 Page World Population Policies 2009 Estonia 214 Ethiopia * 216 Fiji 218 Finland 220 France 222 Gabon 224 Gambia 226 Georgia 228 Germany 230 Ghana 232 Greece 234 Grenada.. 236 Guatemala 238 Guinea 240 Guinea-Bissau. 242 Guyana 244 Haiti 246 Holy See 248 Honduras 250 Hungary 252 Iceland 254 India 256 Indonesia ; 258 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 260 Iraq 262 Ireland 264 Israel 266 Italy 268 Jamaica ; 270 Japan 272 Jordan 274 Kazakhstan 276 Kenya 278 kiribati 280 Kuwait 282 Kyrgyzstan 284 Lao Pec^l^'s Democratic Republic 286 Latvia... 288 Lebanon 290 Lesotho... 292 United Nations Department of Economic and Social AfFairs/Population Division ix Page World Population Policies 2009 Liberia 294 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 296 Liechtenstein 298 Lithuania 300 Luxembourg 302 Madagascar 304 Malawi 306 Malaysia 308 Maldives 310 Mali 312 Malta ; 314 Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius ^^0 Mexico -A- ^22 Micronesia (Federated States of) 324 Moldova Monaco ^28 Mongolia Montenegro - Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia 340 Nauru 342 Nepal 344 Netherlands 346 New Zealand — 348 Nicaragua 350 Niger 352 Nigeria 354 Niue 356 Norway .'. 358 Oman.... 360 P^stan 362 P^lau 364 Panama...,. 366 Papua Ne]i^ Guinea 368 Paraguay 370 Peru 372 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division Page World Population Policies 2009 Philippines ; Poland - ^ ^ , 378 Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea „ . 384 Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia * Saii^t Vincent andthe Grenadines Samoa San Marino - Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia - Senegal Serbia 406 Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 444 Timor-Leste 446 Togo^ 448 Tonga 450 Trinidad and Tobago 452 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population ER -