In front of one of the most important demographic changes is the planet as India seems to have overtaken China and is now the most populous country in the world, according to his estimates UN for the world population.

According to the UN projections, which are calculated based on various factors including census data and birth and death rates, India comes first in the world ranking with a population of 1,425,775,850, overtaking China for the first time, according to the Guardian website .

Are also the first time since 1950 that China has fallen from the top spot when the United Nations first began keeping records of the world’s population.

China’s population decline follows decades of strict laws to control the country’s soaring birthrate, including the introduction of the one-child policy in the 1980s. This included fines for having extra children, forced abortions and sterilizations. Although initially highly effective in population control, these policies became a victim of their own success and the country is now facing an aging population into a sharp decline, which could have serious financial implications.

Recent policies introduced in China trying to encourage women to have more children have not done much to boost population growth. According to predictions, the size of the Chinese population could drop below 1 billion before the end of the century.

In contrast, in India, the population has increased by more than a billion since 1950. Although growth has now slowed, the number of people in the country is expected to continue to grow for decades to come, peaking at 1.7 billion by 2064. Today, births on average term 86,000 babies a day in India compared to just 49,400 in China.

The exact size of India’s population is not yet known, due to the government’s delay in conducting its census, which is usually conducted every decade. It was expected in 2021 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is yet to announce the date it will start.