India will overtake China as the most populated country in the world. The country’s population has reached 1.4286 billion, while China’s population is 1.4257 billion — down 2.9 million. The United Nations Population Fund reported.
Experts did not indicate the exact date when China lost / will lose its leadership due to the «uncertainty» of data coming from countries: for example, the last population census in India was in 2011.
Experts also note that although India and China, according to their forecasts, will account for more than a third of the world’s population, population growth in both countries is slowing down. Last year, China’s population declined for the first time in six years, a historic event that could mark the beginning of a long-term population decline.
