It appears that things have taken a major turn as the population of India has drastically changed with the numbers standing at over 1.4 billion as of January 18, 2023.
Source: www.e360.yale.edu
The publication of the world population when the numbers reached 8 billion was one of the subjects that captured the attention of the entire globe at the end of the previous year.
As a result of this revelation, interest of all kinds increased and inquiries about the global populace began to spread. One of them was, "Which nation has the most people, and will that situation change soon?" Thus, the United Nations (UN) announced on November 20, 2022, that China will be the most populous nation in the world by that year. However, the UN also said that after hundreds of years, India's population growth was on the verge of overtaking China's.
While it was predicted in 2022 that India's population growth would make it the most populous nation by April 2023, it appears that circumstances have altered significantly as the country's population has risen to over 1.4 billion as of January 18, 2023.
With the numbers surpassing Chinese population by 5 million, this growth in population of India is expected to continue into 2050 as a majority of the country’s population is under the age of 30. However, with such a young and expanding population, however, India may experience economic difficulties as the nation may find it challenging to facilitate employment and develop jobs to support its ever-increasing population.
India has always had an increasingly large population, which has caused the governing bodies of the country to take drastic measures in the past. While steps were taken to introduce family planning in order to contain the drastic increase of population in the country, the measures backfired as steps taken were gregarious and often directed towards the less fortune. With the country having an economically disadvantaged population, leading to only half of the population being in the workforce, the need to introduce family planning in a more friendly manner is becoming extremely evident.
Even though the nation currently has enough food to feed itself, the future of the nation remains uncertain due to the country's rapid population growth, and while measures should have been introduced a long time ago the need for a change is still extremely evident for India.
