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NEW DELHI — India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday (July 11), warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth. The world's population, estimated to reach eight billion by Nov 15 this year, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030, and 10.4 billion in 2100, as the pace of mortality slows, said the report released on World Population Day. India's population was 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the domestic census, which is conducted once a...
