
She added that they should be seen as a symbol of progress and development "if individual rights and choices are being upheld. The USA is in third place in terms of population and size. Yet, population numbers should not trigger anxiety or create alarm," said Andrea Wojnar, the United Nations Population Fund's representative for India, in a statement. With 1.426 billion inhabitants, India is the most populated country in the world. "The Indian survey findings suggest that population anxieties have seeped into large portions of the general public. India is overtaking China today as the most populated country in the world, according to a MarketWatch projection of data released by the United Nations that shows India’s population hitting. The report surveyed 1,007 Indians, 63 per cent of whom said economic issues were their top concern when thinking about population change, followed by worries about the environment, health and human rights. But they warn it could just as swiftly become a demographic liability if the growing number of young people in India are not adequately employed. The ten most populous countries in this group are China, the. Growing labour forceĮxperts say this could mean an expanding labour force that can help fuel growth in the country for decades to come. United States and become the third largest country in the world shortly before 2050. Natalia Kanem, the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund. View also: list of countries and dependencies in two separate groups, and most populous countries in 1950 and in 2050.

According to the United Nations, India surpassed its neighbor China, which was previously the world’s most populous nation, in.

China and India currently account for about 37 of the entire. In 1750 it had an estimated 225m people, more than a quarter of the world’s total. As of May 2023, India is the most populous country in the world. India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country in less than a decade, according to a new United Nations report. It is also the fourth largest nation in the world in terms of area. Updated:, 12:38 PM IST Edited By Sounak Mukhopadhyay. China is the most populated country in the world with around 1.45 billion people. These figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as shown in the 'estimates' section.

Instead, they should be seen as a symbol of progress, development, and aspirations if individual rights and choices are being upheld,” she said.The Current 14:44 Reframing the issue of population anxiety A new UN report is urging governments not to focus on fertility numbers when dealing with population anxiety, but instead to reframe the issue entirely and focus on women's rights and choices. C HINA HAS been the world’s most populous country for hundreds of years. The tie-up with the richest man in the world’s most populous nation comes after Shein was banned by the Indian government in 2020 in a sweeping crackdown on Chinese companies. India has surpassed China to become the most populous country in the world, as per estimates. This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. “Yet, population numbers should not trigger anxiety or create alarm. India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people by the middle of this year, data released by the United Nations on Wednesday showed. “The Indian survey findings suggest that population anxieties have seeped into large portions of the general public,” Andrea Wojnar, Representative for UNFPA India, said, as per Reuters.

Meanwhile, 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. Last year, China’s population fell for the first time in six decades. As per UN population officials, it was not possible to specify a date due to “uncertainty” about the data coming out of India and China, especially since India’s last census was conducted in 2011 and the next one due in 2021 has been delayed due to the pandemic.Įven as 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.
