India is going to become the most populous nation in the world by exceeding China in 2022. It was declared in recently released United Nation’s report titled ‘World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision’ indicating India’s population growth within next 7 years.
Key highlights from report:
- India will become most crowded nation, 6 years earlier than it was previously forecasted and will retain the top spot till year 2100.
- At present, China which is world’s populous country with approximately 1.38 billion population while, India has 1.31 billion.
- India’s population around and after 2022, is projected to grow for several decades. It will be around to 1.5 billion in 2030 & 1.7 billion in 2050.
- Life expectancy:
In case of India life expectancy at birth will also improve over the next decades. It will grow from 71.7 years in 2025-30 to 75.9 years in 2045-2050.It will be around 84.6 years in 2095-2100. - China’s population:
It is expected to remain fairly constant till 2030s, after which it is expected to decrease slightly.
World Population forecast: Half of the world’s population growth is expected to be concentrated in 9 countries during 2015-2050. They are India, Pakistan, US, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Congo, Indonesia and Uganda. - It should be noted that, as per earlier population forecast issued in 2013, India was expected to surpass China’s population by 2028.
India to exceed China’s population in 2022:UN Report
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