UN forecasts predict that India’s population will reach 1,425,775,850 by Friday evening. India’s exact population is unknown today as the decade-old 2021 census update was delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but all signs point to exponential growth. , reports France 24. China’s population is beginning to plateau, India’s growth curve is still rising. Overall, the populations of India and China are now equivalent to the entire African continent and dwarf those of Europe and America.
India is estimated to have increased its population by 210 million, almost as much as Brazil, since the last census was taken 12 years ago. In 2020, this country is growing by about a million inhabitants each month. Population growth is on the rise, with nearly half of India’s population under the age of 25 likely to have children of their own in the coming years.
Expert forecasts indicate that India’s population will continue to grow in the coming decades. According to the UN’s “medium option”, growth will peak at 1.7 billion people in 2064. Under the “low option”, the growth curve will begin to flatten in 2047.
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