New DelhiIndia’s population is growing rapidly and will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world, according to a new United Nations report. This has raised many concerns and questions about the future of India and the growing population it will face. In today’s DNA, Zee News’ Rohit Ranjan will analyze the United Nations report on world population, especially its comments on India.
By November 2022, the total population of the world will reach 800 million. And it is estimated that by 2030 this population will be 850 crore, by 2050 it will be 970 crore. And by the year 2100, this population can be up to 1 thousand 40 crores. The world population is now over 790 million.
The report also raised concerns about India. It has been said that by the year 2023, that is, by the next year, India will become the most populous country in the world. In such a situation, we will also leave China behind.
Many of the issues that our country is facing can be linked to them like poverty, hunger, unemployment, education, health services, pollution among others.
Worldwide, even though fertility rates have declined, life expectancy has increased leading to an increase in population. Life expectancy in the world in 2019 was 72 years 7 months. But in 1990, an average person lived for about 64 years. That is, in the last 29 years, the average age of every person in the world has increased by 9 years.
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It is estimated that by 2050 every person in the world will live to be 77 years old. That is, life will be about four and a half years longer than in 2019.
The report also discussed how the population of older people would increase. Currently 10 percent of the world’s population is over 65 years of age. By 2050, the number of people in the age group of 65 years of the world’s population will increase from 10 percent to 16 percent.
The report suggested that migration of people from developing countries to developed countries would lead to an increase in population in developed countries.
Between 2010 and 2021, 3.5 million people in India migrated to other countries. 16.5 million people have migrated from Pakistan, 1 million people from Sri Lanka, 2.9 million from Bangladesh and 1.6 million from Nepal.
India can change its attitude towards its growing population by creating more employable persons by providing them education and skills by using it to its advantage. With the bustle of the young population, it can boost the economy.