With more than 1.4 billion people, India has recently passed China as the world’s most populace country.
One thing that stands out to me in the analysis is the population growth trajectory for each country.
China reported its first population decline in 2022; despite the one child policy ending in 2016 and all restrictions on family sizes being lifted in 2021.
On the other hand, India is set to continue growing and should surpass 1.5 billion people in the 2030s.
I’m not going to attempt to predict what may happen as a result of this turning point, but it certainly feels significant that for the first time since the UN started collecting population data China has been overtaken.