New York, April 19 (Hindustan). By leaving China, India has become the most populous country in the world. According to the latest figures of the United Nations Population Fund, the population of India has crossed 142 crore 86 lakh, while the population of China is 142 crore 57 lakh.

India is now the world’s most populous country, according to the latest data from the United Nations Population Fund, a United Nations organization that monitors the world’s population. The United Nations Population Fund has recently released The State of World Population Report 2023. It states that the population of India is 142 crore 86 lakh, while the population of China is 142 crore 57 lakh. In this way, the population of India is said to be 29 lakh more than that of China.

After the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, the United Nations started collecting and releasing population figures from 1950.

According to the United Nations report, 25 percent of India’s population is under the age group of 14 years, while the number of people in the age group of 10 to 19 years is 18 percent. People in the age group of 10 to 24 years account for 26 percent and those in the age group of 15 to 64 years account for 68 percent. The number of people above 65 years in India is seven percent. In contrast, the population of people above 65 years of age in China is 200 million.