India's population will reach 1.7 billion before migration - United Nations

A new report by the United Nations (UN) predicts that the population of India, the world's largest country, will reach 1.7 billion in the 2060s and begin to decline. Currently, this Southeast Asian country has a population of approximately 1.4 billion.

According to the report "World Population Prospects 2024", India's population will decline by 12% by 2100 after reaching its peak. .

India overtook China last year as the most populous country. The UN reports that China's population has increased and continues to decline. – This is because China's fertility rate is falling rapidly and is still below the "replacement level" - that is, the average number of children needed per woman to sustain the population from one generation to that generation. ".
 
 According to the report, India and China will be Pakistan (511 million), Nigeria (477 million), Democratic Republic of Congo (431 million) and the United States (421 million) in the year 2100. The report shows The growth of the US population is a next article.

Ashish Chauhan, CEO of the National Stock Exchange, one of India's two largest stock exchanges, said at a RT conference that he expects India to contribute 30% to the world's wealth creation in the the next 25 to 50 years, plus the tech-savvy youth generation. will be at the forefront in this process. Previous studies show that India has around 600 million young people aged 18 to 35, and around 69% of its population will be working by 2030, which will significantly reduce the dependency ratio. .

Meanwhile, government data shows that after seven decades of family support activities, 31 of the country's 36 states and union territories have achieved a fertility rate of 2.1. The exceptions are Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two very large and economically backward states.

 New Delhi announced earlier this week that about 56% of its population is using modern methods of birth control.