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UN: India to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023

By ramontomeydw // 2023-01-17

India is expected to take the title of the world's most populous nation from China by 2023, according to the United Nations. An article posted on the UN's website stated this prediction, alongside the announcement that the global population would hit the eight billion mark on Nov. 15, 2022. It also mentioned that India is among eight countries where "more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated." (Related: World population breached 8 billion mark on November 15, says UN.) "The Indian subcontinent has always supported a robust human population," said Rutgers University history professor Audrey Truschke. "India has also long been compared to China and they have, for a long time, traded with one another. So as much changes over the course of human history, [they're] something that [recur] – both the dense population of the [Indian] subcontinent, as well as the comparison with China." Since 1950, the two countries have accounted for an estimated 35 percent of the world's population growth – with China emerging as a global industrial power. India and China combined account for a significant slice of the world's roughly eight billion population. The two countries' age demographics tell a different story, however. Of India's rapidly growing 1.41 billion population, about one in four are under the age of 15 and almost 50 percent are younger than 25. Meanwhile, Chinese under the age of 25 make up only a quarter of China's estimated 1.45 billion population. Population growth in the communist country is flatlining, which undermines its supply of cheap labor. The shortage of skilled manual labor in China is becoming more evident in spite of stubborn unemployment in pockets of the East Asian giant. Enter India, with its growing population being able to pick up some of the slack. However, the Hindu-majority nation's growth rate is also declining. This is attributable to the country's population growth being centered in the poorer regions, especially in the north, and its deficient industrial infrastructure that pales in comparison with China. "Most people think India's economy is still a fraction of what it could be in the future, which means there's so much promise," Truschke commented, adding that much of the potential is largely due to India being such a "young country." India gained independence in 1947 after almost 350 years under the British crown.

Government played a role in shaping China's population

Government policies played a role in shaping the population of China to the billion-strong powerhouse it is today. The one-child policy introduced in the 1980s during the time of Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping drastically reduced its birth rate. The policy formally ended in 2016, but China still has a lot of catching up to do. As of writing, the country's average birth rate is 1.2 even though women have been permitted to have up to three children in recent years. Given this, China's population is set to peak in the coming years and is projected to decline. This means retirees will have to rely on individual single children for their pensions. Meanwhile, single children will be burdened by the economic difficulties of caring for two parents and four grandparents. As a result, many elderly Chinese will be left to rely on a public pension system that is reportedly set to go bankrupt by 2035 despite efforts by the central government in Beijing to inject revenue into it. Zhang Jingwei, a researcher at Renmin University of China's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, explained the repercussions that come with a broken pension system. "Without a quality pension support system, young people would be reluctant to get married and have children. Middle-aged people are double-burdened to care for the young and the elderly," he told the South China Morning Post. "Only when the elderly can enjoy the fruits of the reforms and are guaranteed institutionally happy twilight years, anxiety at different age groups can be solved and all of society's energy can be released." Watch this G News report that explains how difficult livelihoods contribute to China's population decline. This video is from the Chinese taking down EVIL CCP channel on Brighteon.com.

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