A densely packed crowd in front of Jama Masjid in New Delhi Photo: ALAMY
Officials say the rise in population to more than 1.6 billion by 2050 will threaten the country's rapid economic development.
India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation within the next 16 years, according to new government figures.[1]
- India's current population of 1.1 billion will swell by 371 million in 2026, the report said, taking it beyond China's current 1.35 billion.
- The report's publication provoked a clash between India's population experts and leading commentators over whether the rise will help or hinder the country's remarkable growth story.
- India's economy is currently growing at more than nine per cent – second only to China.
- A quarter of India's teenage girls were either pregnant or mothers by age eighteen.
[1] July 12, 2010 1:55:18 PM PDT, India to overtake China as world's biggest country by 2026, says report, The Telegraph
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