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China and India are the two largest countries in terms of population size. China's population has been larger than India's for over 300 years, but this could change as early as 2026. India's population is predicted to reach over 1.6 billion around 2060.
Aug 11, 2023 · The population of India is approximately 1.4 billion people, according to the United Nations Population Fund. India surpassed its neighbor China as the largest populated country in the world in...
- How The Demographics of China and India Are Diverging
- Diverging Demographics
- China: Aftermath of The One-Child Policy
- India: A Workforce Peaking in 2050
- Different Paths
Within popular discourse, especially in the West, the profiles of China and India have become inextricably linked. Aside from their massive populations and geographical proximity in Asia, the two nations also have deep cultural histories and traditions, growing amounts of influence on the world stage, and burgeoning middle classes. China and India ...
But aside from the obvious differences in their political regimes, the two populous nations have also diverged in another way: demographics. As seen in today’s animation, which comes from AnimateDataand leverages data from the United Nations, the two countries are expected to have very different demographic compositions over time as their populatio...
China’s one-child policy was implemented in 1979 — and although it became no longer effective starting in 2016, there’s no doubt that the long-term demographic impacts of this drastic measure will be felt for generations: The first thing you’ll notice in the above chart is that China’s main working age population cohort (25-64 years) has essentiall...
Meanwhile, projections have India reaching a peak workforce age population near the year 2050: By the year 2050, it’s estimated that India’s workforce age population will be comparable in size to that of China’s today — over 800 million people strong. However, given that this is at least 30 years in the future, it raises all kinds of questions arou...
While it’s clear that the world’s two most populous countries have some key similarities, they are both on very different demographic paths at the moment. China’s population has plateaued, and will eventually decline over the remainder of the 21st century. There is plenty of room to grow economically, but the weight of an aging population will crea...
Aug 23, 2017 · As China struggles with a declining population and a lack of young people, India is expected to takes its place as the most populous country in the world by roughly 2027. This new paradigm will be an incredibly interesting one to watch.
Apr 24, 2023 · According to the UN’s projections, which are calculated through a variety of factors including census data and birth and death rates, India now has a population of 1,425,775,850, surpassing...
Apr 24, 2023 · India is about to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation in the coming days, the UN population data chief told reporters on Monday. The main driver of these trends is the...
Working paper. READER. India Overtakes China as the World’s Most Populous Country. Author: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Sara Hertog , Patrick Gerland and John Wilmoth. Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Policy Briefs, 15 Jun 2023, 5 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/27081990-153.
