China Population 2024 Vs India 2024. Adults ages 65 and older comprise only 7% of india’s population as of this year, compared with 14% in china and 18% in the u.s., according to the un. Its new estimates confirm this.

India surpassed its neighbor china as the largest populated country. In its 2022 revision, the un projected that india would overtake china to become the world’s most populous country in 2023.