India will soon become the world’s most populous nation, ending the long-held title that China has had since the 1950s, when the United Nations started maintaining population records. By mid-2023, ...

Once defined by its growing population, India now faces a quieter but deeper demographic shift. According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2023, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of the country ...

For too long, India’s policy makers took comfort in the fact that the country’s large population of the youth gave it a distinct demographic advantage. Time has now come to shrug off this sense of ...

Earlier this year, China ceded its place as the world’s most populous country to India. The population of India is not projected to peak until 2064, when it will be home to 1.7 billion people. The ...

With more than a billion inhabitants, India is the world’s second-most populous country and religiously, culturally and demographically diverse. A majority Hindu nation, India is also home to most of ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country this year, but a small state in the South Asian nation's mountainous northeast is worried about its ...

Hyderabad: NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery said that at its peak, approximately 74 out of every 100 people in China were of working age, while in India, around 69 out of every 100 are expected to ...