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Population education is a structured educational process that develops learners’ understanding of demographic processes and their social, economic, environmental, and health implications [1][2][3]. It includes planned learning on population growth, fertility, mortality, migration, age structure, and population distribution, together with their relationships to resources, quality of life, and sustainable development [2]. Population education is characterized by interdisciplinary analysis, evidence-based interpretation of population data, and support for informed and responsible decision-making at individual and societal levels [3]. In educational contexts, the term denotes purposeful instruction for population literacy, rather than isolated presentation of demographic statistics without contextual understanding or application [1][2][3].

population education population literacy demographic education sustainable development education

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  1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives; UNESCO: Paris, 2017. Available online: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000247444.
  2. United Nations. World Population Prospects 2024; Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division: New York, 2024. Available online: https://population.un.org/wpp/.
  3. Wolfgang Lutz; Jesus Crespo Cuaresma; Warren Sanderson; The Demography of Educational Attainment and Economic Growth. Sci. 2008, 319, 1047-1048. [CrossRef]
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