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| Thursday, 19 August 2004 |
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India to surpass China as world's most populous country in 2050 WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AFP) India is projected to outpace China and become the world's most populous country by 2050, growing by 50 percent in the next 46 years to reach more than 1.6 billion people, a US research institute said Tuesday. China will grow from 1.3 billion people today to more than 1.4 billion in 2050, for an 11-percent increase, according to the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB). India currently has nearly 1.1 billion people. The population of Japan, the world's second richest country, will shrink by 21 percent, from 127.6 million people to 100.6 million. Two war-ravaged nations will experience a massive population boom. Afghanistan's population will nearly triple, from 28.5 million to 81.9 million, while Iraq's will more than double, from 25.9 million people today to 57.9 million in 2050. Asia will continue being the world's most populous continent as its population will rise to nearly 5.4 billion people by 2050 for a 39-percent growth, the PRB said. The world population will grow at an even quicker pace, from 6.4 billion people today to about 9.3 billion in 2050, a 45 percent increase. In other parts of Asia, Pakistan's population will jump by 85 percent, from 159.2 million people today to 295 million in 2050. |
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