Mr. John Wilmoth
Mr. John Wilmoth took up his position as Director of the Population Division on 2 January 2013. He comes to us from a distinguished academic career, lastly as Professor at the Department of Demography of the University of California at Berkeley. He has also previously served in the Population Division as Chief of the Mortality Section from 2005 to 2007.
Mr. Wilmoth is the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific papers examining various aspects of population dynamics and population issues, including the causes of the historical decline of human mortality, prospects for future trends in life expectancy, the impact of population ageing on public pension and healthcare systems, popular perceptions of population growth and its consequences, and methodologies for estimating and projecting demographic trends. Mr. Wilmoth has also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and the World Bank from 2009 to 2012, leading the development of new global estimates of maternal mortality. He is a member of the Population Association of America and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. He also serves on the editorial boards of some leading demographic journals including Demographic Research and the European Journal of Population.
Presentations
- Presentation at the launch of the World Population Prospects Report: The 2017 Revision with accompanying statement - New York, 21 June 2017
- Report of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development (A/71/296): Overview of Findings and Recommendations - New York, 11 October 2016
- Joint Statistical Meetings - Session 151: “Better demographic forecasts, better policy decisions” - Seattle, WA, 10 August 2015 - [presentation script]
- Global population projections by the United Nations - San Diego, CA, 30 April 2015 - [presentation script]
- Global Population Projections: Future trajectories and associated uncertainty during one of the Population Divisions side events of the 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 14 April 2015
- Workshop on “The World in 2050” (TWI2050), held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Vienna, Austria, 8-13 March 2015
- Global demographic projections: Future trajectories and associated uncertainty - Washington DC, 4 March 2015
- Presentation to INED - Paris, France, Sept 2014
- The report of the Secretary-General entitled "World Demographic Trends" at the Forty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 7 April 2014
- Population Dynamics in the Post-2015 Development Agenda - New York, 22 January 2013
Video
- Press Conference on the launch of the World Population Prospects Report: The 2017 Revision
- Commission on Population and Development fiftieth session: Changing population age structures and sustainable development
- Global Connections Interview with Bill Miller
- Preparing the world for important population changes
- Population, sustainable development, and the post-2015 development agenda - Expert Panel (start - 03:15)
- DESA interview as precursor to the forty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development. (2013)
- Press conference preceding the High-level Dialogue on International Migration at the sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly (2013)
- Press conference on the 2012 revision of the World Population Prospects
Statements
- Opening statement at the fiftieth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 3 April 2017
- Opening statement at the forty-ninth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 11 April 2016
- Opening statement at the forty-eighth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 13 April 2015
- Statement at the forty-eighth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 17 April 2015
- Introduction to the report of the Secretary-General entitled "World Demographic Trends" at the forty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 7 April 2014
- Opening statement at the forty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development - New York, 22 April 2013