The projection announced on Monday is based on more recent data. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Regarded as the world’s most heavily populated country since the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century CE, China is expected to decline steadily to around one billion people by the end of this century, according to UN projections.Meanwhile, India’s population “is virtually certain” to continue to grow in the coming decades, according to the UN.
In addition, its slower growth is attributed to the rising cost of living and the growing number of Chinese women going into the workforce and seeking higher education. Yet both countries had about the same level of fertility, just under six births per woman, in 1970, said Mr John Wilmoth, director of the Population Division and the Economic and Social Affairs Department.
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