India is the most populous country on Earth. But that’s not official, yet.

The World

India is set to become the world’s most populous country. It might already be, actually. But we don’t know, because the Indian government couldn’t carry out its detailed 10-year census in 2021 due to the pandemic. What does this mean demographically for the nation, and what does this impact? Milan Vaishnav, a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins The World’s Carol Hills to discuss this.

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