India to surpass China as most populous country by April 2023, UN & IMF projects

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India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country sometime this year, the UN projects. The milestone could have major economic and societal implications for both countries — and may eventually influence trade flows and upend the global balance of power.

 

India was home to 1.417 billion people as of last year, compared to China’s 1.426 billion, per UN figures. But as India’s population continues to grow, China’s population is expected to decline — to 1.313 billion by 2050, per the UN’s most recent “medium variant” projection.

 

The South Asian nation overtook the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy last year. It’s expected to become the third-largest — topping the economies of Japan and Germany — by 2028, according to IMF. X

 

[liver]

awful 

[Da Vinci]

Stop the count!

[Pikachoo]

Krishna always wins

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by Pikachoo

[mercurialworld]

India is almost a 1/3 of the size of China, that's crazy

[lmnoc1]

29 minutes ago, Pikachoo said:

Krishna always wins

 

 

nobody's gonna win at this speed 

 

 

 

[Literature]

46 minutes ago, liver said:

awful 

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[Cheers]

King Bieber is popular in both so  

[Rev8]

I always thought India was more populous for some reason

 

but isn't China expected to suddenly start loosing population (and just gain wealth or w/e)?

[liver]

23 minutes ago, Literature said:

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as someone pointed out already, India is about 3 times smaller than China and has a poverty rate of ~16% which means that about 240 million kids are doomed the second they come into the world

 

let me not get started with the fact that India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world 

[Communion]

People from places that consume 500x more than your average Indian or Chinese person over-reacting. 

[Literature]

3 hours ago, liver said:

as someone pointed out already, India is about 3 times smaller than China and has a poverty rate of ~16% which means that about 240 million kids are doomed the second they come into the world

 

let me not get started with the fact that India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world 

The way I see it human life is precious and the more of it the better. There's lots of nuts out there who'd be happy about a ~subtle die off though

[Ichinaru19]

1 hour ago, Communion said:

People from places that consume 500x more than your average Indian or Chinese person over-reacting. 

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[Richmond]

Awful

[whtvrdude]

8 hours ago, mercurialworld said:

India is almost a 1/3 of the size of China, that's crazy

China is 33% mountains.

Edited January 14, 2023 by whtvrdude

[tellem]

This is a good thing btw 

[mercurialworld]

1 hour ago, whtvrdude said:

China is 33% mountains.

Population density between the two is still three-fold. The population density in India is 464 per km², whereas in China it is 153/km².

[Samsara]

On 1/14/2023 at 6:50 AM, mercurialworld said:

India is almost a 1/3 of the size of China, that's crazy

Most of China is uninhabitable. Its population is largely concentrated in the eastern portion of the country. India has the most habitable/arable land area of any country.