India is set to become the world’s most populous country by 2024. But is it ready?

India needs to fill the gaps in public healthcare, improve its sex ratio and infant mortality rates and address family planning concerns to sustain its growth.

Joseph Chamie

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Barry Mirkin

· Aug 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Food for thought: India will have 1.7 billion people by 2050. How will it feed them all?

To keep pace with the population, cereal production must grow by at least 4.2% a year, more than twice the current rate.

Mohan Guruswamy

· May 29, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Watch: How humans came to populate the world over a period of 200,000 years

Keep your eyes on India and China.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 06, 2016 · 11:00 am

Watch: The first billion people took 200,000 years. The next 6 billion came in just 200 years

This video tracks the growth of world population from the ice age to the present day.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 06, 2016 · 04:00 pm

Socio-economic factors, not religion, influence India's fertility rate and population growth

States that are more developed, have a higher per-capita income and better access to healthcare have a lower total fertility rate

Shreya Shah, Indiaspend.com

· Aug 11, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Two maps that show you just how crazily crowded India is compared to the rest of the world

There are a lot of us.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 19, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Why India's population will outstrip China's in just seven years

India was initially estimated to beat China only by 2050.

Darryl D’Monte, IndiaSpend

· Aug 01, 2015 · 04:30 pm