India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country next year, according to World Population Prospects 2022. The report also revealed that global population growth fell below 1% in 2020, the first time since 1950. Only eight countries - Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania - will be responsible for more than half of the population growth by 2050.Global population is estimated to peak in the 2080s at 10.4bn… and remain that way till 2100.