India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by mid-year with almost three million more people, UN estimates showed on Wednesday, reports BSS.
India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed.
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed earlier this year.
The report also estimated that the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by the same date.
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