The 2012 Revision is the most recent revision of World Population Prospects, the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It was released on 13-jun-2013. The 2012 Revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-second round of global demographic estimates and projections undertaken by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The world population prospects are used widely throughout the United Nations and by many international organizations, research centers, academic researchers and the media.