CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India is likely to overtake China as the world’s most populous country in 2023-if it hasn’t already.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world will witness a symbolic demographic event in 2023, as India becomes the world’s most populous nation. According to the United Nations, India’s population will exceed that of China’s in April.

Detailed explanation-3: -China has seized the opportunity to successfully turn the demographic window into the demographic dividend and produce huge impetus for national economic growth. Demographic dividend, contributed more than 1/4 to the economic growth, and created the economic miracle in China.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United Nations’ estimates for the end of 2022 still put China in first place, giving China 1.426 billion people and India 1.422 billion. The UN forecast that the two countries would have switched places by July 1, as India grows to 1.429 billion and China holds steady at 1.426 billion.

Detailed explanation-5: -By the numbers: 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.