CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2019 World Population Prospects report had said that India would overtake China by 2027.

Detailed explanation-2: -India is likely to overtake China as the world’s most populous country in 2023-if it hasn’t already. It will be the first shake-up at the top of the globe’s population rankings in centuries-one that reflects the two country’s divergent demographic and economic trajectories.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s population is projected to grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to 8.5 billion in 2030 (10% increase), and further to 9.7 billion in 2050 (26%) and to 10.9 billion in 2100 (42%). The population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double by 2050 (99%).

Detailed explanation-4: -India is projected to have a population of 1.668 billion in 2050, more than China’s 1.317 billion by the middle of this century. As China’s birth rate hits an all-time low in 2022, India is poised to overtake the Communist giant as the world’s most populous country in the next few years.

Detailed explanation-5: -An earlier report projected India surpassing China by 2027. Lower mortality rates and demographic changes may ensure that central and southern Asia become the world’s most-populous region by 2037.