The UN forecast that the two countries would have switched places by July 1, as India grows to 1.429 billion and China holds steady at 1.426 billion.
Yet the 2022 population China reported on Tuesday suggests a faster rate of decline than the UN expected.Whereas the rate of growth of population of india has declined it is still more than the rate of growth of china. Also the population of India is expected to grow until 2050. India has still young population in the world which is maximum of the range around 30 years old.
Image source-fortune.comIn 2007, Chinese experts predicted that the countryu2019s population would peak at 1.5 billion in 2033. Before the pandemic, the UN thought the swap wouldnu2019t happen until 2027. When it released updated projections last year, UN moved its projected date forward to 2023 as China reported a rapid decline in new births throught the pandemic.What’s India’s population then? India has not conducted a census of its population since 2011, when it reported a population of 1.2 billion. A count was scheduled for 2021, but New Delhi has postponed the census several times, citing the COVID pandemic.The country’s new population frame now represents more challenges as well as the opportunities the country can have! What are your views about this population growth and succeding China?
