India overtakes China, becomes world’s most populous nation

New York: India has now crossed China to become the most populous country in the world, according to the United Nations Data.

The UN world population dashboard stated that India now has 1428.6 million people while China’s population stands at 1425.7 million.

This is for the first time that India has topped the United Nations’ list of most populated countries,



ever since the UN began collecting population data in 1950.

The year before, China’s population shrank for the first time since 1960. In 2016, Beijing ended its strict “one-child policy,” imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, and began letting couples have three children in 2021. China faces an impending demographic decline, as its workforce ages and fertility rates decrease.