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Message from The Chairman of The National

Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN)

Praise Allah SWT, God Almighty, for His blessings,

mercy, and grace to all of us so that we have successfully

held the 5th Asian Population Association (APA)

Conference. It is a great honour for the National

Population and Family Planning Board of the Republic of

Indonesia to host the 5th APA Conference together with

the APA Secretariat, UNFPA, Gadjah Mada University,

and supported by the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. The 5th

APA Conference was held virtually from 3 to 5 August 2021 amidst the Covid-19

pandemic sweeps across the world.

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent in the world. Almost four

billion people live in Asia and are home to more than 60 percent of the world’s current

population. China and India are the most populous country in Asia, followed by

Indonesia with 270,2 million people in 2020. According to the latest survey,

Indonesia’s population is not only growing, but it is also changing. Demographic

changes in Indonesia, which are projected until 2045, will affect the shape and

structure of the population, causing challenges for development. Changes in

population structure also have an impact, especially with the achievement of the

demographic dividend. Indonesia will enter the second phase of the demographic

bonus, where there will be three age groups that must be treated differently. Further,

in 2045, the growth of the elderly population is expected to be greater than the

productive age population (15-64 years) or those aged less than 15 years.

As with many other countries, Indonesia is a country that has a strong commitment

toward SDGs and the implementation of the ICPD Program of Action, including the

Nairobi summit’s commitment to end preventable maternal death and morbidities,

unmet need for family planning, and sexual and gender-based violence and harmful

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