1.4 billion inhabitants: The most populous country in the world, India maintains a large demographic blur

– The most populous country in the world, India maintains a large demographic blur

India’s population will surpass that of China this year. But the government refuses to update the census, leaving millions of people without social protection.

Emmanuel Derville – New Delhi

Posted today at 8:00 p.m.

In the absence of a census since 2011, entire sections of the population find themselves, for example, deprived of food aid.

Manjunath KIRAN/AFP

China, the most populous country in the world? This will soon no longer be the case. This year, India will exceed its neighbor and its 1.4 billion souls according to the UN. Estimates are staggering. At the 2011 census, the South Asian giant had a population of 1.2 billion. Ten years later, its population has increased by 200 million according to the World Bank.