Although India’s population growth is stabilising, it is still growing at 0.7% per year and is set to surpass China in 2023 as the world’s most populous country, according to the United Nations Population Fund, which said the world’s slow population reached 8 billion on Tuesday.
China’s population is no longer growing and may start declining as early as 2023, the UN stated. It noted that India’s fertility rate has hit 2.1 births per womanu2014replacement-level fertilityu2014and is falling.Does this mean India should come up with a child control policy?To be honest, why not?Because, as mentioned above, India’s fertility rate is 2.1 births per woman, which is considered to make population numbers stable. Furthermore, with the current fertility rate, India’s population is expected to peak in 2050 at 1.6 billion, but then decline to 1.1 billion in 2100.But, if India’s population is set to peak in 2050, why not take steps now to avoid that peak?Well, actually, even if the government announces some child control policy, it will take time to yield results. Like China, which implemented a one-child policy in 1980 but it took 40 years to see results, their population began to decline in 2021.So going with that, India’s population is already set to decline by 2050, which is just 28 years away.Also, implementing the policy in places like China has a major impact on the population and workforce. Researchers predict China’s elderly population will overtake its working-age population around 2080, which means more people will be dependent and fewer will be in a healthy condition to work effectively.rnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnSo it is clear that a population explosion is not a good indication for the country, as the government has to increase public spending on law and order as well as the health sector. But it could be tackled easily by educating people, especially women.Comment your thoughts below.
