India to surpass China as world's most populous country: UN report

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India's population will surpass China's: UN Report
India's population will surpass China's: UN Report

 

New York

India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country next year, as per a report by the United Nations on World Population Day.

According to the report published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division the world's population is projected to reach eight billion on November 15, 2022.

The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100.

Central and Southern Asia is expected to become the most populous region in the world by 2037 as the population of Eastern and South-Eastern Asia could start declining by the mid-2030s.

According to the report, in 2022, the two most populous regions were both in Asia, namely Eastern and South-Eastern Asia with 2.3 billion people (29 per cent of the global population), and Central and Southern Asia with 2.1 billion (26 per cent of the global population).

China and India, with more than 1.4 billion each, accounted for most of the population in these two regions.

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India is projected to have a population of 1.668 billion in 2050, way ahead of China's 1.317 billion people by the middle of the century.