India's population to overtake China by mid-2023, UN estimates
2023年4月21日小于 1 分钟
India is poised to overtake
China as the world's most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people than its neighbour by the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. India's population by mid-year is estimated
at 1.4286 billion, against 1.4257 billion for China - 2.9 million fewer - in the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) "State of World Population Report" for this year. The United States is a distant third, with an estimated population of 340 million as of the end of June.
tips
overtake:赶上;压倒;替换;超过(超)
estimate:预估;判断(estim- =value 价值,估计的意思)
esteem:尊重
estimable:可尊敬的;可估计的
United Nations Population Fund:联合国人口基金会