For Immediate Release
Monrovia, Montserrado County– The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) is pleased to announce the national Launch of the State of the World Population Report 2025. The 2025 State of the World Population Report entitled The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in A Changing World was released globally on 10 June 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA.
The State of World Population report is an annual publication by UNFPA that analyzes global population trends, focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The report will be nationally released at the Monrovia City Hall on July 2, 2025. Honorable
Richard Nagbe Koon, Speaker of the 55th Legislature will launch the report and deliver the keynote address. This year’s State of the World Population Report reveals that millions of people around the world are unable to have the number of children they want – whether they want more, fewer, or none at all.
The most consequential reproductive decision a human being can make -when, whether and with whom to have a child – is being undermined. The inability of individuals to realize their desired fertility goals is the real fertility crisis – not overpopulation or underpopulation.
According to the report, reproductive agency is more than just freedom from coercion or improved access to services, it is the full range of conditions that enable people to exercise their reproductive rights and ensure true choice, including gender equality, economic stability, decent health and confidence in the future.
The national launch will comprise a high-level panel discussion involving representatives from the government of Liberia, civil society, development partners and youth to reflect on
the implications of the report in the context of Liberia.
This year’s report is informed by survey of over 400,000 people across 14 countries which revealed that issues relating to economic situations, housing crisis, climate change, war/conflict, pandemics, and finding a partner, among others are factors affecting people’s
decision to have children.
UNFPA calls on governments and stakeholders to create circumstances where people who deeply want to experience the joys and rewards of parenting can meet their fertility goals, where they have hope for a better tomorrow that is supportive of their choices and protective of their rights, one where their children, and their children’s children, can thrive. We hope this
report sparks a much-needed discussion and action to advance those rights and choices.
- UNFPA Liberia
