Anonymous9 days ago
India's population is now projected to peak as early as 2048 at 1.6 billion — up to two decades sooner and hundreds of millions fewer people than forecasts made just a few years ago — driven by a fertility decline that has outpaced every major demographic model. The revised timeline upends assumptions about India's economic trajectory, geopolitical weight, and fiscal preparedness, while creating a domestic political crisis over parliamentary representation between states that controlled population growth and those that did not.