By Xinhua,
Marrakech (Morocco) : The 26th International Population Congress has opened here to discuss population related problems, migration and the economic crisis, among others.
Over 2,000 demographers from 114 countries attended the five-day meeting that started Sunday to discuss more than 200 topics, including population and global climate change, migration, economic crisis, the imbalance of fertility rate and social security system.
The global conference is sponsored and organised by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and the Moroccan government.
This is the first time that the quadrennial congress is being held in an African country.