India overtakes China to become world's most populous nation with with 1.428 billion people: UN

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 per cent of India's population is in the age group of 0-14 years, 18 per cent in the 10 to 19 age group, 26 per cent in the age bracket of 10 to 24 years, 68 per cent in 15 to 64 years age group, and 7 per cent 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.

Population experts using previous data from the UN have projected India would surpass China this month, but the global body's latest report did not specify a date.

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