New Delhi: India will overtake China to become the most populous country this year. This claim has been made in a report released by the Pew Research Center, a Washington-based think tank. China has been the most populous country since 1950. According to the report, the United Nations (UN) also believes that India will overtake China in April in terms of population.

The Pew Research Centre, after analyzing data gathered from the UN and other sources, outlined important facts regarding India's population and its projected changes in the coming decades. According to the Centre, India's population has increased by more than a billion people since 1950. According to the report, people below the age of 25 years constitute more than 40 percent of India's population. According to the report, China and the US, the other two largest populated countries in the world, have a rapidly aging population. At the same time, the fertility rate in India is higher than China and America, but the rate has declined rapidly in recent decades. However, according to states and communities in India, fertility rates vary widely.

According to the report, in urban areas, Indian women in cities give birth to their first child 1.5 years later than in rural areas. The report points out that the artificially extensive proportion of boys compared to girls in India is decreasing. The infant mortality rate in India has declined by 70% in the last 3 decades. However, it is still high by regional and international standards.

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