Mark Wheldon (@mr_wheldon) 's Twitter Profile
Mark Wheldon

@mr_wheldon

International civil servant, occasional cyclist, statistician, Bayesian demographer, seeker of warm weather

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António Guterres (@antonioguterres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Global migration is a challenge that requires a global solution. No country can address it effectively in isolation. That is why I fully endorse the Global Compact #ForMigration adopted in Marrakech.

Mark Wheldon (@mr_wheldon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're looking for a contract demographer for population data compilations and analysis: careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.… #hiring #demography #statistics #data

United Nations Geneva (@ungeneva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Charter came into force on 24 October 1945, and today we are celebrating 74 years since that day. #UNDay #TBT

The Charter of the United Nations  was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Charter came into force on 24 October 1945, and today we are celebrating 74 years since that day. 
#UNDay  #TBT
Mark Wheldon (@mr_wheldon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#PLOSMedicine: Estimating progress towards meeting women’s contraceptive needs in 185 countries: A Bayesian h ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Don't miss it! Today, we reveal the latest global data on international #migration. Watch it live on webtv.un.org at 12:00 noon EST. #UNPopulation

Don't miss it! Today, we reveal the latest global data on international #migration. 

Watch it live on webtv.un.org at 12:00 noon EST. #UNPopulation
PLOS Global Public Health (@plosgph) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thrilled to announce that we've published our first cohort of papers. Explore the first round of articles in this new PLOS journal! #OpenScience #OpenAccess #GlobalPublicHealth

Mark Wheldon (@mr_wheldon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to join the PLOS Global Public Health Editorial Board, a new #OpenScience journal for public health research that broadens the range of global perspectives we learn from to advance the health of all humankind.

Excited to join the <a href="/PLOSGPH/">PLOS Global Public Health</a> Editorial Board, a new #OpenScience journal for public health research that broadens the range of global perspectives we learn from to advance the health of all humankind.
United Nations (@un) 's Twitter Profile Photo

LGBTIQ+ rights are HUMAN rights! As #PrideMonth gets underway, join UN UN Free & Equal and help ensure #LGBTIQ+ people can fully enjoy their human rights. unfe.org

LGBTIQ+ rights are HUMAN rights!

As #PrideMonth gets underway, join UN <a href="/free_equal/">UN Free & Equal</a> and help ensure #LGBTIQ+ people can fully enjoy their human rights. unfe.org
UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UN DESA is launching the World Population Prospects 2022 on 11 July. For 70 years, #UNPopulation has published the official estimates & projections of the global population. Here are 5 reasons why we should be paying attention 👇#PeopleOfTomorrow un.org/en/desa/5-reas…

Hannah Ritchie (@_hannahritchie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's #WorldPopulationDay and the UN has just released its new World Population Prospects for 2022. At Our World in Data we've built a new population data explorer for you to explore it all: ourworldindata.org/explorers/popu… 🧵👇A thread with some of the highlights:

It's #WorldPopulationDay and the UN has just released its new World Population Prospects for 2022.

At <a href="/OurWorldInData/">Our World in Data</a> we've built a new population data explorer for you to explore it all: ourworldindata.org/explorers/popu…

🧵👇A thread with some of the highlights:
Adrian Raftery (@adrianraftery1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Probabilistic 1-year results using new methods implemented in the bayesPop R package: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/b… . #WPP2022 demographic indicators available in the wpp2022 R package github.com/PPgp/wpp2022 The wppExplorer online updated: bayespop.shinyapps.io/wpp2022explorer

UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Growing or shrinking – what do the latest trends tell us about the global population and #PeopleOfTomorrow? Join us tomorrow for the launch of the latest #UNPopulation data and the World Population Prospects 2024! 🗓️ 11 July 2024 🕧 12:30 pm EDT 📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k…

Growing or shrinking – what do the latest trends tell us about the global population and #PeopleOfTomorrow?

Join us tomorrow for the launch of the latest #UNPopulation data and the World Population Prospects 2024!

🗓️ 11 July 2024
🕧 12:30 pm EDT
📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k…
UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re headed toward a population peak in this century. Over the next 60 years, we will grow from 8.2 billion to 10.3 billion in the 2080s. Learn more about the #PeopleofTomorrow in the latest World Population Prospects 2024: un.org/en/UN-projects…

UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two years ago, our world marked 8 billion people on this planet. What's happened since then, & what demographic trends can we anticipate? From the data in the World Population Prospects Report 2024, we asked UN DESA’s expert what we can expect: desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voice/…

Two years ago, our world marked 8 billion people on this planet. What's happened since then, &amp; what demographic trends can we anticipate?

From the data in the World Population Prospects Report 2024, we asked UN DESA’s expert what we can expect:
desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voice/…