NEW DELHI — India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday (April 19) by the United Nations showed.
The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World Population Report, 2023 estimates India’s population at 1,428.6 million or 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China.
Population experts using previous data from the UN have projected India would go past China this month. But the latest report from the global body did not specify a date for when the change would take place. Although India and China will account for more than one-third of the estimated global population of 8.045 billion, the population growth in both Asian giants has been slowing, at a much faster pace in China than in India.
India's annual population growth has averaged 1.2 per cent since 2011, compared with 1.7 per cent in the 10 years previously, according to government data.
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