India will overtake China in terms of population in 2023, says UN


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India will become the world’s most populous country next year. According to United Nations (UN), India will overtake China with population of 1.4 billion people. Earth is all set to be home to over 8 billion people by the end of November this year. Population growth rate is now at its slowest since 1950 and is set to peak, the UN stated. More than half the growth we will see in the next 30 years will happen in just eight countries – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania, BBC reported. Also...