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India's population numbers are going up as it ovetakes China

Video. India set to overtake China to top the world population league table

Updated: 19/04/2023 - 11:18 GMT+2

India is overtaking China to become the world's biggest country by population. Both China and India have more than 1.4 billion people, and combined they make up more than a third of the world's 8 billion people.

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