India’s population may shrink by 2100

A RECENT report by the Population Division of the United Nations has projected that the population of India, the second-most populous nation in the world which is waiting to become the most populous next year surpassing China, is expected to fall from the current 141.2 crore (1.41 billion) to 100.3 core (1 billion) in 2100.

The population density of India is far more than China, even though their respective population numbers look similar. On an average, 476 people live in every square kilometre in India, it is only 148 in China, which is almost thrice the size of India.

By the year 2100, India’s population density is expected to come down to 335 persons per square kilometre and the country’s fall in terms of population density is projected to be much higher than that projected for the entire planet, the UN report said.