According to MarketWatch, citing the UN’s analysis of forecasts, India has surpassed China to become the most populous country in the world.
As of April 17, the population of India was 1,425,937,441, while China had a population of 1,425,744,008 on the same date.
MarketWatch experts note that India has a vast economic potential, due not only to its size, but also to the composition of the population.
The country is experiencing a period of the so-called demographic dividend, characterized by economic growth against the backdrop of a low proportion of the disabled population.