The 2025 State Of World Population report (SWOP) indicates that there is a decline in fertility leading to decrease in the rates of population growth even as the world population is expected to hit 8.2 billion on June 30, 2025
According to the Executive chairman National Population Commission Isa Kwarra and other prominent Nigerians who presented the 2025 State Of World Population report in Abuja say there is an urgent need to invest in family planning and strengthen the healthcare infrastructure.
The 2025 State Of World Population report (SWOP) confirms that despite the decline in fertility the world’s population continues to increase at an estimated rate of 70 million people leading to a general global trend of population increase with significant disparities between high-income and low-income countries.
According to the United Nations report, there is the significant challenges of world population to include food insecurity, climate change, resource depletion, strain on infrastructure such as housing, schools, healthcare and increased pressure on the environment.
The Chairman of the National Population Commission in Nigeria , Isa Kwarra, says planning is key to addressing the population challenges in the country.
The Chairman Senate Committee on population, Victor Umeh and the Chairman House Committee on population, Okunjimi Odimayo both supported the conduct of a National Population and Housing Census to address the challenges of National Population in Nigeria.
Other speakers advised government at all levels in the country to invest in family planning and in the provision of medical deliverables.
The 2025 world population report with the theme, “The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Health Agency,” is bold and timely as it speaks directly to the heart of human development urging national governments to look beyond the surface of declining or high birth rates and confront the structural inequalities and unmet needs that shape fertility decisions worldwide.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
