As we all know, China is the most populous country in the world. The territory is vast, coupled with the fact that the Chinese people have a feudal fertility culture of "raising children and preventing the elderly" for thousands of years, and it is normal for the population to rank first in the world. Moreover, this laurel is not unique today, and has been worn on the head of our country for thousands of years.
Looking at the population growth of any country in the world, it is inseparable from three elements, one is social stability and prosperity, one is that the natural environment is relatively mild, there is no major natural disaster, and the other is a bumper harvest of grain production. The explosion of population that has occurred in the history of our country is inseparable from it.
As early as 211 BC, when Qin Shi Huang had just unified China, the population of China was only more than 30 million. You know, in the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japan alone, we lost 35 million compatriots, and the 30 million population of the Qin Dynasty obviously did not have much. In the last year of the Qin Dynasty, due to the tax tyranny of Qin II and the impact of the war between Chu and Han for hegemony. When Liu Bang first established the Western Han Dynasty, the population even fell to 18 million at one point.
With such a small population left, even the emperor would be worried. Later, after the recuperation policy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the population recovered to about 60 million. This is the first explosive growth of our population. The second time I believe that readers can also guess that it was in the Tang Dynasty, after the two prosperous years of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan, China's population came to the port of 100 million for the first time. And this number has not had much of a breakthrough until the Ming Dynasty, but in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to perennial wars, China's population once fell to the bottom.
Until the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, China's population began to rebound strongly, and in the 30 years of Daoguang, it reached 400 million. And this number did not change much until the end of the modern Republic of China. Until the founding of New China, in just 70 years, China's population surged from 400 million to 1.4 billion! No matter what historical period, the number of people in our country has always held the world record.
However, in the past two years, some countries have come to the top, and the population has gradually approached our country. According to 2018 statistics, India's total population has reached 1.353 billion, only 42 million from China's 1.395 billion! And the world record that our country has held for thousands of years is about to be taken away by India.
The reason for this phenomenon is mainly because in the 1970s, in order to better promote the level of economic development and the distribution of social resources, China adopted a family planning policy to slow down the population growth rate. India, on the other hand, has not shied away from the explosive growth of its population, and until now, they have not had any policies to limit the growth rate of the population. This has also led to the overcrowding of india's slums today, giving outsiders a sense of dirt and chaos.
In addition, Indians also have the idea of passing on their children from generation to generation, and their level of education is generally low, and there is no concept of eugenics, which creates a vicious circle of poorer and poorer. Its population growth rate is like a horse-drawn carriage that no one can stop. According to demographic experts, according to India's population growth rate, it will surpass China in 2022 and take away the world record belonging to China for thousands of years.
In fact, in view of the generally low population growth rate in the past two years, China has also relaxed the birth policy, such as opening up the second child, after all, social development is people-oriented, talent is the most fundamental productive force. And now, with social welfare, living standards and policies opening up, what reason is there for India to surpass us? I also ask you to work hard to pass on this world record that has been held for thousands of years.