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India to overtake China as most populous country
A UN report says the world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, with India overtaking China as the most populous country in the world.
India is one of the countries with the highest population growths in the world and its population is set to overpass China’s in 2024, according to the report by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division.
Currently, India’s 1.34 billion population and China’s 1.41 billion together constitute more than a third (37 percent) of the world population of nearly 7.6 billion.
In a previous 2015 projection, the UN had estimated 2022 to be the year India reaches the No.1 place.
Nigeria, meanwhile, has the highest population growth among the most populous countries of the world.
By 2050, half the world’s population growth will be concentrated in just nine countries — India, Nigeria, Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, United States, Uganda and Indonesia, the UN agency forecasts.
The report stated the 10 most populous countries with low fertility levels are China, United States, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Iran, Thailand and United Kingdom.
It said 83 million people are added to the world population each year.
“With roughly 83 million people being added to the world’s population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline,” the report’s authors said.
The fertility rate in recent years has been declining in almost all areas across the globe, particularly in Europe. A quarter of Europe’s population is already aged 60 or over, according to the report.
The number of persons aged 60 or above is expected to more than double by 2050 and more than triple by 2100, it added. The aging population is projected to rise from 962 million globally in 2017 to 2.1 billion in 2050 and 3.1 billion in 2100.
“Europe has the lowest fertility level, estimated at 1.6 births per woman in the most recent period,” said John Wilmoth, director of the Population Division.
Africa has the highest fertility, with around 4.7 births per woman. The populations of 26 African countries are expected to at least double.
“The population in Africa is notable for its rapid rate of growth, and it is anticipated that over half of global population growth between now and 2050 will take place in that region,” Wilmoth said.
Wilmoth said the report reviewed information on populations from 233 countries or areas of the world.
7 Comments on "India to overtake China as most populous country"
makati1 on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 8:05 pm
India will never make it to those numbers. If you are paying attention to what is really happening there, you would see why. It is one of the most chaotic countries in the world today with a nut running the government. The Four Horsemen will lower their numbers in the near future. Be patient.
As for the rest of the world, ditto for mostly the same reasons. All these ‘population projections’ are based on the past and guesses, not a real look at the likely future Mother Nature has in store for all of us. We will likely hit a peak at less than 8 billion. (~2021)
BTW: The total world population is just an estimate. There are few countries that have an exact count of their population at anyone time. Even India. Not even the US can give you an accurate total within 100,000 plus or minus. Multiply that by the 180+ countries in the world today and you get a possible error of at least 18 million. likely higher in 3rd world countries that have no way to track births and deaths. Where births still happen at home, and deaths are not recorded. Do you really think that an African bushman goes to some hospital to give birth? LMAO
onlooker on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 8:19 pm
Their Aquifers are running dry. No water= no food=less people
Go Speed Racer on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 9:04 pm
Put Union Carbide back into India.
Starting wih the Bhopal plant. That will cut their
population way down.
____________________________________________ on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 9:13 pm
The pig-apes must really like to see, hear, and smell other pig-apes to be breeding like there’s no tomorrow.
Sissyfuss on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 9:34 pm
Hard to see the over sixty tripling by 2100 when will become one of the main items on the menu. Gulp!
rockman on Thu, 22nd Jun 2017 9:42 pm
The population of India vs China isn’t nearly as critical as the per capita oil consumption of each and India’s efforts to catch up with the rest of the world. Even if its population holds static if its oil consumption catches up to China it will have a significant impact on the rest of the world. From the World Bank: Kilograms of oil equivalent (2011) per capita:
China – 2,029
India – 614
USA – 7,032
Hubert on Fri, 23rd Jun 2017 3:13 pm
Unfortunately, you are seeing millions ofIllegal Indians in America now bring their old habbits with them.