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According to the report, in April 2023, India's population reached 1425.77585 million, surpassing China to become the world's most populous country. This means that India's population has increased by nearly 1.1 billion in 76 years, from 350 million at independence in 1947 to a staggering number today.
In June 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the world that India is growing in the country's huge domestic market and is trying to shape India into a new alternative destination for the transfer of global industrial chains. Modi said India is home to one-sixth of the world's population and that 46 out of every 100 real-time digital payments worldwide took place last year. India's young human resources are becoming more and more valuable.
In fact, India's young population structure is remarkable. According to 2021 data, only 6.8% of India's population aged 65 and above has yet to enter an aging society. In terms of age composition, the proportion of the population aged 0-14 was 25.8%, and the proportion of the population aged 15-64 was 67.4%. This means that India has a large number of young laborers, which is of great significance for the development of the economy and industry.
A number of domestic and foreign population experts have pointed out that for India, the significance of becoming the world's most populous country may be more symbolic. If the Indian government fails to boost economic growth and increase household incomes, the huge population is likely to be a heavy burden. Therefore, India needs to take measures to make effective use of this huge population resource.
Looking back at the current situation of the population in mainland China:
-- The number of marriages has hit a new low for many years
According to the data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, from 2015 to 2020, the number of registered marriage couples in the mainland continued to show a downward trend, and in 2020, the number of registered marriage couples in the country was 8.131 million, a year-on-year decrease of 12.2%.
- The low marriage rate leads to a lower fertility rate
The results of the seventh census show that although the population of the mainland has achieved positive growth, the growth rate has declined, and the number of births in 2020 has set a new record.
——"深圳打工人" 最年轻、最拼
Shenzhen is the "youngest" city in the country, with an average age of only 33. In terms of the proportion of the population aged 15-59 and the degree of aging, Shenzhen not only leads the country, but also leads other first-tier cities. The proportion of the population over 60 years old is only 5.36%, far lower than the national level and other first-tier cities.
Mr. Modi's lieutenants and many other business leaders believe India's economy will boom thanks to a young working population and strong industrial policies. Tim Cook, the owner of Apple, who recently opened its first store in India, told investors in May: "The Indian market is vibrant, it's incredible...... India is at a turning point. ”
Lou Chunhao, executive director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said: "There is a lot of concern about India becoming the world's most populous country. From several dimensions, the first is that in recent years, under the background of the decline in the Chinese population dividend, it has become the world's largest population, and India will collect the demographic dividend. On the other hand, the overall development speed of India in recent years is still relatively fast, and everyone is also very concerned about India's own development prospects, or in the context of its domestic industrial transformation, whether the demographic dividend can be sufficiently demonstrated. ”
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