With the global population growing from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 8 billion in 2023 there has been a corresponding need to understand sustainable population development. Observed on 11 July each year, World Population Day seeks to bring awareness to the implications of this unprecedented population growth on society, our health, the environment and the economy. The day also seeks to emphasise the central tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which Griffith is aligned: ‘leave no one behind’.
Explore the data
Check out this interactive World Population History map to find informative visualisations showing past and projected impacts of population growth on land use and food, health and fertility rates, and urbanisation and society.
Discover impactful research
Griffith’s Centre for Environment and Population Health (CEPH) is helping to address global environmental and public health challenges through its important research program.
You can discover more impactful Griffith research examining the impacts of population growth through Griffith Research Online:
- Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL): Australian research network in human health and environmental change
- Association between salinity and hospital admission for hypertension: An ecological case-control study in the Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam
- Urban nature for resilient and liveable cities
- Urban sustainability evaluation based on the DPSIR Dynamic Model: A case study in Shaanxi Province, China
Griffith University is proud to produce world-class research contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals
Find out more about the Sustainable Development Goals.
