The United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report

• 19 Apr 2023

On April 19, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report revealed that India’s population is set to overtake the population of China.

• According to the report, India's population will be 1.4286 billion, compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year.
• The global population is estimated to hit 8.045 billion by the same date.
• China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, according to official data.
• India has not conducted a census since 2011 and has no recent official data on its population due to the pandemic and logistical hurdles.
• Critics claim that the government is delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections.
• According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950; the year the U.N. began gathering population data.