What India’s Population Surpassing China’s Means for Global Economies | WSJ

China has been the most populous country for more than two centuries – until this month. India's population may have surpassed China’s, a milestone that some believe heralds a new global order. How much can the world economy continue to rely on China’s vast pool of factory workers for manufactured goods?

WSJ examines what this shift in population for India and China could mean for the future of each country, as well as the entire global economy.

0:00 India’s population is expected to double China’s by the start of the next century
1:03 Why is China’s population shrinking?
2:49 What China’s population decline means for the global economy
3:55 What India’s growing population will mean for its role in global affairs

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[lord_of_love_and_thunder]

The video points out that 70% of India’s population lives in rural areas, yet all TV networks rely on that one set of images from a super dense Indian city to represent India.

[anuragc]

It kinda feels weird when you realise you wouldn't be there till 2100 to experience all that...😮

[hank]

I feel weird when I see the 2070 graph people over 65 again and again.
The fact that I am included in that graph somehow makes me feel old and I am just 19.

[manasvitrivedi]

Just a small suggestion, the footage used of India seems to be many years old, our streets are not always dust filled, with people carrying luggage over their heads and with half broken vehicles on the road. WSJ is a large platform, please do right by the places you cover on the world scale.

[KD-]

One way India can do right by its people is by investing heavily in its infrastructure and then relying on businesses (in-house and external) that will care about ethical and humanitarian issues and not be solely driven by profits. But the lack of infrastructure and huge unskilled workforce is no net positive.

[NaveenNT]

In India most of the graduates from colleges do not have sufficient skills. Majority colleges in India are just diploma producing mills. Also there is lack of quality paid jobs for many leading to a scramble for government jobs. Well off or the smart people take off to western countries for greener pastures. It's not all doom and gloom but that there are many problems which need to be urgently addressed

[KnightWithAnAssaultRifle]

😂😂 it's always fascinating how the western media portrays India and Indian cities with highly dense images of old towns like dude there are more places to show population 😆 as a normal Indian we don't usually see these kinds of crowds or slums like these media houses portray

[darkorange]

Right now i believe India should focus on investing in infrastructure that will boost in connecting the states of India and its economies. The economy of China is extremely connected and even tho they might speak different languages (similar writing script but different pronounciation) they have been able to create a system that is extremely efficient. Once India can fix it's infra problem they can allow the economy to grow even more as now India can supply itself and pay itself and grow it's domestic market while producing goods that might entice the global market.

[christyag]

If India keeps focus on Infra growth, they would be able to achieve mountains

[squid]

I'm applying for software jobs and so many positions I see open are hiring people from within India. Would not surprise me if they become a tech superpower (which I guess some people view it as already there, but that's debatable)

[AjayTiwari-ennz]

There is no way India will ever touch 1.7 billion. The fertility rate of India is now 1.9 in 2023 and is declining at the rate of 7-8% per annum. India's population will peak around 1.6 billion between 2050-2055 and then decline to 900 million by 2100. At the same time, China's population will not be 750 million but somewhere between 500-550 million.

[gerardo]

Nothing against India but if take into account AI will replace many jobs in the next future and you have a enormous unskilled population this looks like more like burden than a advantage. Just look at Pakistan and Nigeria both surpassed Brazil population but that doesn't mean anything if they don't have proper infrastructure a good system of education and most people live in poverty.

[caamitinfinite]

Wrong Map of India in Thumbnail. Indian Territory Shown as Chinese.

[ram]

Over all, what that change in India´s population means for EEUU?; it mean there is another country that will surpass EEUU´s Economy by 2028; EEUU will be the third power in the world by that year.

[ttemp]

smaller higher skilled and educated population means a bright future. large unskilled and uneducated population means a miserable future

[subhamsingh]

The reporter sounds sad while narrating the story

[dunny]

Wow even Mao said that Women are equal Men. Some countries still sadly disagree. Well China had an Empress in its Tang Dynasty.

[XGenKaneShiroX]

It is asinine that India will have more people than China this decade. Also, this is unrelated, but it really saddens me a lot that in several China vs. India military comparison videos, many YT users support India over China and that so many YT users belittle China and their army. China seems to get way too much hate, while India gets too much support and pride. I can literally list 1K comments that support India and 1K comments that dislike China. I heard words such as "Jai Hind India" and "Support India from Japan". China always seems to carry the burden of hate in many YT videos, very unfair.

[stevenzheng]

Is 1.7 billion people even sustainable for India? I think China's current population of around 1.4 billion is already overpopulated, and China has greater landmass.

[spilltea]

Its the same stock footage of dusty old delhi from 2006

Smh