TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –China’s status as the most populous country in the world will be succeeded by India in less than 10 years, according to a new United Nations (UN) report.
"The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights," published by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country around 2027. It will remain the most populated country through to the century’s end.
"India is expected to add nearly 273 million people between 2019 and 2050,” the UN report said. India’s population in 2019 is 1.37 billion, according to the UN.
China currently has 1.43 billion people, but the population is projected to decrease by 31.4 million, or around 2.2 percent, between 2019 and 2050, the UN report said. The U.S. has the third largest population in the world, with 329 million, followed by Indonesia with 271 million, the 2019 report said.
The report also said the world's population is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050.
Source Taiwan News
