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United Nations, July 12 (PTI): India’s claim for permanent membership in the UN Security Council may get strengthened if it surpasses China and becomes the world’s most populous nation in 2023, according to a top UN population official. The World Population Prospects 2022 report released on Monday said that India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country next year. According to the report, India’s population stands at 1.412 billion in 2022, compared to China’s 1.426 billion. India, which will surpass China as the world’s most populou...

If India becomes the largest country, they may think that that gives them a claim that they should be part of that group (permanent member of the Security Council) ... you know, it may strengthen their claim, says John Wilmoth, director of the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

The number of people the planet can sustain depends on both the natural constraints of our environment and human choices.

The global population reached 8bn in November, and will surpass 10bn this century | The Economist explains

Covid-19 Is Speeding Up How Deaths Are Recorded Premium (MINT_PRINT) When governments realized death tolls were too low, they revamped the way they counted them Share Via Read Full Story People world-wide are dying at the fastest pace in years because of the coronavirus. In response, deaths are now getting counted faster than ever, potentially giving public-health experts and policy makers a clearer picture to make decisions. Weeks after the virus hit Italy last year, doctors, funeral homes and officials realized that government Covid-19 death tolls were too low and many victims weren’t get...