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Detailed explanation-1: -UN DESA Policy Brief No. 153: India overtakes China as the world’s most populous country.

Detailed explanation-2: -China has a population of 142.57 crore. India becomes most populous country in the world. According tot he United Nations data, India has surpassed China to become world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people. China has a population of 142.57 crore, according to the UN world population dashboard.

Detailed explanation-3: -China has had the most people in the world since at least 1950, the year United Nations population data began. Both China and India have more than 1.4 billion people, and combined they make up more than a third of the world’s 8 billion people.