This colourful and illustrative chart presents selected statistics and indicators published in the annex of The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. The table includes, in addition to official data reported by countries or areas, estimates prepared by the United Nations and other international agencies.

This is the 57th edition of this yearbook which contains comparable national demographic data for over 230 countries or areas throughout the world. The yearbook contains general tables including a world summary of selected demographic statistics, statistics on the size, distribution and trends in national populations, natality, foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce. It also includes technical notes, a synoptic table, a subject-matter index and an historical index.

The World's Women 2010 uniquely reviews and analyses the current availability of data and assesses progress made in the reporting of national statistics, as opposed to internationally prepared estimates, relevant to gender concerns. Published every five years, the World's Women sets out a blueprint for improving the availability of data in the areas of demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, decision-making and human rights.

The report presents findings from the 2018 revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations or areas from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2050, as well as estimates of population size from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2030 for all urban agglomerations with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2018. The world urban population is at an all-time high, and the share of urban dwellers, is projected to represent two thirds of the global population in 2050. Continued urbanization will bring new opportunities and challenges for sustainable development.

Statistics education as proposed in this framework can promote the must-have competencies for graduates to thrive in the modern world.