The average annual growth rate was 0.53% over the last 10 years, down from 0.57% between 2000 and 2010, taking the population to 1.41 billion. The latest data puts China on course to be overtaken by India as the most populous country, which is expected to happen by the year 2025. India’s population last year was estimated by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs at 1.38 billion, or 1.5% behind China. The population growth rate in China is the slowest since 1953, when the first census was carried out. The proportion of people aged between 15 and 59 was 894 million, down by 6.79 percentage points from the 2010 census.

Source: Hindustan Times May 11, 2021 21:44 UTC