Workshop on Population Projections

 

The Population Division, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), organized a regional workshop for Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve national capacity in population projections. The workshop was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 7 to 11 March 2016.

Agenda

• Session I. Introduction
  • Presentation
• Session II. Overview of projection methods
  • Presentation

• Session III. Establishing the base population
  • Presentation
• Session IV. Projecting fertility
  • Presentation
• Session V. Projecting mortality
  • Presentation
• Session VI. Projecting international migration
  • Presentation
• Session VII. National population projections
  • Presentation
• Session VIII. Projection outputs and variants
  • Presentation
• Session IX. Special topics
  • Presentation 1. World Population Prospects: Current projection approach
  • Presentation 2. Subnational population projections
• Session X. Dissemination of population projections
  • Presentation
• Final discussion and closing
  • Presentation