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.
Meanwhile, the United States is in the third position with an estimated population of 340 million
India has not performed a census since 2011, hence there are no fresh official statistics available on its population size