India population to surpass China mid-year: UN estimates

India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed earlier this year.

The report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by the same date. India has no recent official data on how many people it has because it has not conducted a census since 2011. India's once in a decade census was due to be held in 2021 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now bogged down by logistical hurdles and political reluctance, making it unlikely the massive exercise will begin anytime soon.

Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year. According to the Pew Research Centre, India's population has grown by more than one billion people since 1950, the year the UN began gathering population data.

پاکستان تازہ ترین خبریں, پاکستان عنوانات

Similar News:آپ اس سے ملتی جلتی خبریں بھی پڑھ سکتے ہیں جو ہم نے دوسرے خبروں کے ذرائع سے جمع کی ہیں۔

Focus on reproductive rights rather than population numbers, UN urgesRather than fixating on the impact of the world's soaring population, the world should look at women's reproductive rights to shore up
ذریعہ: 24NewsHD - 🏆 19. / 51 مزید پڑھ »

Bharat mei bani Mercedes aur Pakistanio ka haal...Bharat mei bani Mercedes aur Pakistanio ka haal... India Mercedes BreakingNews Watch complete video:
ذریعہ: DailyPakistan - 🏆 3. / 63 مزید پڑھ »

Heatstroke kills 11 at India awards eventEleven people died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony,
ذریعہ: 24NewsHD - 🏆 19. / 51 مزید پڑھ »

Heatstroke kills 13 at government-sponsored awards ceremony in IndiaThirteen people died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony, officials said on Monday.
ذریعہ: 92newschannel - 🏆 21. / 51 مزید پڑھ »

Indian villages under curfew after deadly tiger attacksHundreds of villagers in northern India were under orders not to leave their homes after dark on Monday after two people were killed in tiger attacks,
ذریعہ: 24NewsHD - 🏆 19. / 51 مزید پڑھ »

Joe Biden, Jill release tax return, showing $579,514 in incomeAmerica's first couple didn't do too badly last year, earning $579,514, although this was a good chunk less than the previous year, according to Joe and Jill
ذریعہ: 24NewsHD - 🏆 19. / 51 مزید پڑھ »