World Population Day Focuses on Family Planning

On 11th July 2025, World Population Day was observed globally to raise awareness about population-related issues and highlight the importance of healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies for the well-being of mothers and children.

World Population Day 2025 theme is “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world.”
The United Nations General Assembly, through a resolution in December 1990, officially established World Population Day to raise global awareness about the impact of population growth on development and the environment.
World Population Day was first observed on 11th July 1990 across more than 90 countries and it has since become an annual event focusing on population-related challenges and opportunities.