India becomes the most populous country in the world

Analysis of the latest data from the United Nations shows that India's population on April 14 reached 1,425,782,975, tens of thousands more than the 1,425,748,032 reported from China.

India's population increases by more than 36,000 people every day - Photo: ABC NEWS

The information was just published by the data analysis site MarketWatch (headquartered in the US). Previously, China had held the position of the world's most populous country since 1950, when the United Nations began publishing population data.

The UN collected population data for more than 200 countries and areas that had at least 1,000 people in the previous year.

Data is collected from a variety of sources, depending on how a country estimates its own population. UN population projections are then made for January 1 and July 1 each year.

Data from the United Nations' World Population Prospects analysis in July 2022 predicted that India will surpass China to become the world's most populous country in 2023.

A linear analysis helped to calculate the detailed figure mentioned above from this UN dataset.

India continues to grow rapidly in population while China reported its first population decline in decades last year due to low fertility rates.

The UN has predicted India's population to be 1,422,026,528 on January 1, 2023, and 1,428,627,663 on July 1, 2023, an increase of more than 6.6 million. On January 1, 2023, China was number one with a population of 1,425,849,288, a figure that is expected to drop to 1,425,671,352 in July as China lost a total of nearly 178,000 people.

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