India has, for the first time, topped the list since 1950. China had remained at the top since 1950 when the UN started presenting the data.
With an ageing workforce and a plunge in birth rate, China is staring at a looming demographic decline. In a policy reversal, the Chinese government is announcing plans to increase birth rates.
In terms of demographics, 25 per cent of India’s population is in the age group of 0-14 years, 18 per cent in the 10 to 19 age group, 26 per cent in the age bracket of 10 to 24 years, 68 per cent in 15 to 64 years age group, and 7 per cent above 65 years, according to UNFPA data.
In January, the WPR projected India’s population to have increased by 1,423,000,000.
Various estimates have suggested that India’s population is expected to keep increasing for at least three decades before it peaks at 1.65 billion and then starts to fall.
India is yet to declare the impending Census. Recently, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to PM Narendra Modi and demanded that the Census be conducted immediately. He further demanded a Caste Census that is “up-to-date”, saying that the Caste census should be made an integral part of the yet-to-be-published 2021 Census.
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