UNFPA SWP Report 2023
According to UNFPA SWP Report 2023, India has surpassed China (142.57 crore) to become the world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), but the news has come with demographic dividend —about 50 per cent of India’s population is below the age of 25 years.
This is the first time that India has topped the UN list of most populous countries since it started collecting population data in 1950. According to the United Nations’ World Population Prospects-2022, India’s population was 86.1 crore while China’s population was 114.4 crore in 1950.
In India about 25 percent of India’s population is in the age group of 0-14 years, 18 percent in the 10 to 19 age group, 26 percent in the age bracket of 10 to 24 years, 68 percent in 15 to 64 years age group, and 7 percent above 65 years, said United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India representative Andrea Wojnar. The report also stated that the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under one percent in 2020.
UNFPA SWP Report 2023
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