UN: India's population will overtake China by mid-2023

  • 19/04/2023

Kuwait City, April 19: Data released by the United Nations showed today, Wednesday, that India is on its way to becoming the largest country in the world in terms of population, overtaking China by about three million people in the middle of this year. Estimates of the State of World Population Report 2023 issued by the United Nations Population Fund indicate that the population of India will reach 1.4286 billion, compared to 1.4257 billion for China.

The data showed that the United States comes in third place by a wide margin, with an estimated population of about 340 million people. The report indicated that the estimates are based on information available until February 2023.

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