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As per the United Nations ‘World Population Prospects 2022’ report, which year India is expected to have a population of 1.668 billion while China’s population will decline to 1.317 billion?
A
2050
B
2030
C
2023
D
2100
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The UN estimates that India’s population will swell to 1.668 billion by 2050. China’s population, by then, will shrink to 1.317 billion. Update, January 18, 2022: This piece has been updated with a comment from the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the organisation’s estimated, India’s population stood at 1.417 billion as of end 2022, a little over 5 million more than the 1.412 billion reported by China when Beijing announced the first decline in population numbers since the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-3: -India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It put India’s population at 1.41 billion in 2022, compared to China’s 1.43 billion for the same year.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s population is set to rise to 1.515 billion in 2030, from 1.417 billion in 2022. China’s population, by contrast, is expected to fall slightly from 1.426 billion to 1.416 billion over the same period.

Detailed explanation-5: -The world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022. in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100. expectancy at birth. Globally, life expectancy reached 72.8 years in 2019, an increase of almost 9 years since 1990.

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