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Population Boom: India to Overtake China as Most Populous Nation by End of April, UN Suggests

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.
Sputnik
China will cease to be the world's most populous country by the end of April as India's population will catch up and surpass the hallmark of 1.425 billion, the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) suggests.
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