India is set to overtake China and become the world’s most populous country in less than a decade - six years sooner than previously forecast.
Fast-growing Nigeria is on course to outstrip the United States by about 2050 to become the country with the third largest population, the United Nations predicted. The current global population of 7.3 billion is forecast to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, slightly above the last set of U.N. projections.
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India travel guide
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, the Taj Mahal, Uttarakhand, Kolkata, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Northeast States, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Mumbai, Karnataka, Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Understand and Survival chapters.
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Fast-growing Nigeria is on course to outstrip the United States by about 2050 to become the country with the third largest population, the United Nations predicted. The current global population of 7.3 billion is forecast to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, slightly above the last set of U.N. projections.
Visiting India? Download the eBook version of Lonely Planet's India PDF travel guide
India travel guide
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, the Taj Mahal, Uttarakhand, Kolkata, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Northeast States, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Mumbai, Karnataka, Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Understand and Survival chapters.
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