Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic?

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School students take part in a yoga training session in Chennai on January 7, 2023.
Image caption,Students at a yoga training exercise in Chennai – India’s population is projected to grow for several decades

By Soutik Biswas

India correspondent

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65322706

India’s population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing the number of people in mainland China, according to the UN’s estimates.

India’s decennial census – scheduled to be held in 2021 – has been delayed, so there’s no official population data. China’s most recent – and seventh census – was conducted in 2020.

To estimate and project populations of both India and China, the UN relies on information about levels and trends in fertility, mortality and migration acquired from records, surveys and administrative data.

What is clear is that both India and China have more than 1.4 billion people each, and for over 70 years have accounted for more than a third of the global population.

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