(United Nations: India will overtake China this month to become the world's most populous country is expected to stop growing around 2064). According to the forecast of the United Nations, within this month (April 2023), India will replace China as the most populous country in the world. Sarah Hertog, a senior population official of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said: "our median forecast indicates that India's population may stop growing around 2064 and then stabilize." She also said there was some uncertainty in the forecast. "although we expect the median population of India to reach about 1.5 billion by the end of the century, 95 per cent of this forecast may still be in the range of 1 billion to 2 billion".