India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous nation, according to UN data released Wednesday. India’s population surpassed 1.428 billion, slightly higher than China’s 1.425 billion people, news agency Bloomberg reported the UN’s World Population dashboard as saying.
According to a new UNFPA report, 25% of India's population is in the age group of 0-14 years, 18% in the 10 to 19 age group, 26% in the age bracket of 10 to 24 years, 68% in 15 to 64 years age group, and 7% above 65 years.
Estimates by different agencies have suggested that India's population is expected to keep rising for nearly three decades before it peaks at 165 crore and then would start declining.
The United States is a distant third, with an estimated population of 340 million, the data showed in a report that reflects information available until February.
