UN Says India Will Overtake China As The World’s Most Populous Country In 2023

Photo: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 

 CNBC: India set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, UN says 

 * “India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country during 2023,” the U.N. says. 

* According to the U.N., its latest projections show that the global population could reach roughly 8.5 billion in 2030 and 10.4 billion in 2100. 

* In a statement, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks of a “shared responsibility to care for our planet.” 

India is on track to overtake China as the planet’s most populous country next year, according to a U.N. report published on Monday. 

The report, from the population division of the U.N.’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said China and India were each home to over 1.4 billion people in 2022. 

“India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country during 2023,” the U.N. said. 

The Indian government’s census for 2011 put the country’s population at more than 1.2 billion.  

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WNU Editor: The world's population growth has been incredible since the end of the Second World War .... “The global human population will reach 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022 from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950,” according to the U.N.’s report.