World Population Day - July 11

World Population Day – 11 July

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people.

World Population Day 2012 Theme - “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services”.

The world population on July 9, 2012 (As of 6.31 UTC), was estimated to have been 7,025,071,966.