India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of April, according to the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).China's population has been slightly declining since 2022, after it reached its peak of 1.426 billion people, and, according to the UN's projections, it could fall below 1 billion before the end of the century. India's population, on the contrary, is estimated to continue growing for several decades.To grasp a vast picture, we invite you to check out our photo gallery!
Today, China's fertility rate is 1.2 births per woman and India's is 2.0 births per woman, according to its estimates.
India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of April, according to the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
China's population has been slightly declining since 2022, after it reached its peak of 1.426 billion people, and, according to the UN's projections, it could fall below 1 billion before the end of the century. India's population, on the contrary, is estimated to continue growing for several decades.
To grasp a vast picture, we invite you to check out our photo gallery!
This photograph taken on April 25, 2023 shows Manu Bala holding her newborn daughter inside a maternity ward of a civil hospital in Dehra, in Kangra district of India's Himachal Pradesh state. - Exhausted, elated and cradling her newborn daughter in a rundown government hospital, young mother Manu Bala had just helped make India the world's most populous nation. The UN announced that India, already home to more than one in every six humans on the planet, would this week eclipse China with more people than any other country. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) / To go with 'India-Population-Women-Childbirth', SCENE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
FILE - Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jan. 31, 2023. India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The South Asian country will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China's 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year, according to U.N. projections. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
FILE-People eat street food as shoppers crowd a market in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The South Asian country will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China's 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year, according to U.N. projections.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
Thousands of Hindu devotees take a holy dip on the occasion of Ramnavi festival, celebrated as the birthday of Hindu God Rama, in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The South Asian country will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China's 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year, according to U.N. projections.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Vehicles are seen stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Gurgaon, on April 25, 2023. - India will overtake China as the world's most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said on April 24. (Photo by Vinay GUPTA / AFP)
Commuters travel in an overcrowded train near a railway station at Loni town in India's state of Uttar Pradesh on April 24, 2023. - India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of June, UN estimates showed on April 19, posing huge challenges to a nation with creaking infrastructure and insufficient jobs for millions of young people. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
School children visit the Taj Mahal in Agra on April 25, 2023. - India will overtake China as the world's most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said on April 24. (Photo by Pawan SHARMA / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2019, Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy dip at the Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers -- on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri and the last day of the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad. - The UN announced that India, already home to more than one in every six humans on the planet, would this week eclipse China with more people than any other country. (Photo by Sanjay KANOJIA / AFP)
In this photograph taken on October 31, 2022, people walk through a crowded commercial street in Chennai. - India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / To go with 'India-Population-Climate-Health', FOCUS
Commuters travel in an overcrowded train near Prayagraj Junction, in Prayagraj on April 24, 2023. - India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of June, UN estimates showed on April 19, posing huge challenges to a nation with creaking infrastructure and insufficient jobs for millions of young people. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)
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