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Watch this count: India's share in world population peaking, to cross China

According to the UN's projections, world population will cross nine billion in 2037 and by then, India's share of the total population would have crossed China's

World population hits 8 billion, grows 1 billion in just 12 years

In a milestone for humanity, the global population hit 8 billion on Tuesday after having added a billion people in the last 12 years, with India on the cusp of overtaking China as the world's most populous country next year. The United Nations said the global milestone signals major improvements in public health that have lowered the risk of death and increased life expectancy but the moment is also a clarion call for humanity to look beyond the numbers and meet its shared responsibility to protect people and the planet, starting with the most vulnerable. "8 billion hopes. 8 billion dreams. 8 billion possibilities. Our planet is now home to 8 billion people," the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) tweeted. Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust, crisis and conflict, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. India is projected to surpass China as the

1% of India's adult population likely to be millionaires by 2030: Report

According to HSBC Holdings Plc. report in Bloomberg, Singapore will take over Australia and have Asia's highest share of millionaires in the adult population by 2030

Zomato, Nykaa, Nestle, Dabur: Jefferies bets big on Gen Z boom in India

Jefferies expects Gen Z's income to increase 5x as they enter the workplace and are set to surpass Millennials by the end of the decade

Women and the burden of birth control: New data tells the same old story

The fifth installment of NFHS revealed a surge in female sterilisations in 14 of India's 36 states and Union Territories

Naqvi calls population explosion 'problem of country', not religion

BJP leader and former Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that "population explosion" is not the problem of a particular religion but an issue plaguing the entire country

India to overtake China as world's most populated country in 2023: UN

Economic impact: People's productivity will have to increase to support larger numbers, say experts

India projected to surpass China's population in 2023, says UN report

The global population could grow by around 8.5 million by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050 and 10.4 billion by 2100, the latest UN projections stated

Population control law will be brought soon: Union Minister Prahlad Patel

Interacting with beneficiaries of various Central schemes during Gariba Kalyan Sammelan, Patel highlighted various achievements of the Narendra Modi government in the last eight years

Is a drop in India's fertility rate bad news for the economy?

Govt data reveal that India's fertility rate is declining. It is now lower than replacement levels -- implying a population decrease in the years to come. Will it hurt the economy in the long run?

Population control fiasco

The ill-advised two-child policy must be reviewed

Not law but better women education will control population: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that educating women was the best remedy for unchecked population growth

India may overtake China as most populous country even before 2027: Report

Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027

PIL to control population: Can't coerce family planning, Centre tells SC

The submission was made in response to a PIL filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging a Delhi High Court order that dismissed a plea seeking two-child norm

Peaking population

India must prepare for the social implications of declining fertility

China has its work cut out: India to be world's largest employer in 2100

Population to decline from a peak in 2048 to a 32% lower level by 2100: The Lancet

India's Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people among lowest: Health Ministry

As on Monday morning, the total number of coronavirus cases stood at 4,25,282 and the death toll at 13,699, according to figures issued by the ministry

After CAA, Centre might bring population control law: MoS Niranjan Jyoti

Jyoti claimed that she has already spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard

India's population galloping, but no one paying attention: Venkaiah Naidu

Political parties are feeling shy, politicians are feeling shy, Parliament also do not adequately discuss about the issue," Naidu said

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