India's population gap over China to widen further, shows data

India is set to surpass China by 3 million people in 2023

India’s population gap over China is set to widen for decades yet, and there will be two Indians for every Chinese person alive by the end of the century.
 

India is expected to cross China and become the world’s most populous country in April this year, according to United Nations Population Division data.  The two countries have accounted for around 36 per cent of the world’s population since the 1950s. In 2022, according to medium variant projections by the UN, it was 35.6 per cent and is estimated to be 35.5 per cent in 2023.  By 2100, India and China