NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The five most populous countries in 2022 are China, India, followed by the European Union (which is not a country), the United States, the island nation of Indonesia, and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following are some key points about India’s demography, according to government data:-India estimates its population at 1.38 billion, compared to China’s 1.4 billion.

Detailed explanation-3: -So according to the 2011 census, the world’s most populated country was China but now according to WPR world’s most populated country is India. Currently India’s population is 141.7, 00, 00, 000 as of the end of 2022. India’s population has already crossed China including all the countries in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -India has overtaken China to become the world’s most populous nation, according to recent estimates. As reported by Bloomberg, at the end of 2022, India’s population stood at 1.417 billion, based on U.N.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to projections from the World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 141.7 crore as of the end of 2022. That’s a little more than 50 lakh more than the 141.2 crore declared by China on January 17, when there was the first fall since the 1960s, according to official announcements.