Estimations made using the Cohort-component method of population projection suggest that India’s population will edge up from ...

India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people by the middle of this year, data released by the United Nations on Wednesday showed. Based on the ...

Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. For the first time in over six decades, China reported a population decline. The ...

India will overtake China this year to become the world’s most populous country. The likelihood of India passing that major milestone within a few months shot up Tuesday, when China reported that its ...

NEW DELHI, July 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 135 million people, around 10% of India's population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday. Rural areas saw the ...