Watch this count: India's share in world population peaking, to cross China

According to the UN's projections, world population will cross nine billion in 2037 and by then, India's share of the total population would have crossed China's

According to Oxfam, nine out of 10 people in underdeveloped countries will miss out on a vaccine in 2021. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

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2 min read Last Updated : Nov 16 2022 | 5:03 PM IST

The world’s population topped the 8-billion mark on Tuesday. China and India are the most populated nations, having 17.9 per cent and 17.76 per cent of the total share. Before

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First Published: Nov 16 2022 | 4:55 PM IST

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Watch this count: India's share in world population peaking, to cross China

According to the UN's projections, world population will cross nine billion in 2037 and by then, India's share of the total population would have crossed China's

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