India is poised to overtake China to become the most populous country in history in the next three months.
According to new data from the United Nations population fund (UNFPA), India’s population will be 1.4286 billion by the middle of the year compared with 1.4257 billion for China, a gap of 2.9 million.
The country in third place, the United States, is more than a billion people behind with 340 million people.
