India is about to overtake China as the world’s most populous country, with nearly 3 million more people than its neighbor in the middle of this year, according to data released by the United Nations.
It is estimated that the population of the India by mid-year it will rise to 1,428,600 million inhabitantsin front of the 1,425,700 from China -2.9 million less-, according to the “Report on the state of the world population” prepared by the United Nations (UN).
USA ranks a distant third, with an estimated population of 340 million at the end of June, according to the data of a report that reflects the information available until February.
Experts using previous data from the UN They have projected that India’s population would exceed China’s this month, but the latest report from the world body did not specify a date.
The experts of the UN have said that it is not possible to specify a date due to uncertainty about the data of Indiasince the last Indian census was held in 2011 and the next one, scheduled for 2021, was delayed by the pandemic Covid-19.
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Although both nations will represent more than a third of the world’s populationestimated at 8,045 million population, population growth in both has slowed, although much faster in China than in India.
Last year, China’s population fell for the first time in six decades, a historic turnaround that is expected to usher in a long period of decline, with profound implications for its economy and the world.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbinaffirmed that the dividends of the population depend not only on quantity, but also on quality.
“Population is important, but so is talent (…) China has taken active steps to respond to the aging of the population,” said Wang to the press on Wednesday.
Source: Ambito
