What India’s Population Surpassing China’s Means for Global Economies | WSJ

The video points out that 70% of India’s population lives in rural areas, yet all TV networks rely on that one set of images from a super dense Indian city to represent India.

It kinda feels weird when you realise you wouldn't be there till 2100 to experience all that...😮

I feel weird when I see the 2070 graph people over 65 again and again. The fact that I am included in that graph somehow makes me feel old and I am just 19.

Just a small suggestion, the footage used of India seems to be many years old, our streets are not always dust filled, with people carrying luggage over their heads and with half broken vehicles on the road. WSJ is a large platform, please do right by the places you cover on the world scale.

Wrong Map of India in Thumbnail. Indian Territory Shown as Chinese.

One way India can do right by its people is by investing heavily in its infrastructure and then relying on businesses (in-house and external) that will care about ethical and humanitarian issues and not be solely driven by profits. But the lack of infrastructure and huge unskilled workforce is no net positive.

If India keeps focus on Infra growth, they would be able to achieve mountains

Right now i believe India should focus on investing in infrastructure that will boost in connecting the states of India and its economies. The economy of China is extremely connected and even tho they might speak different languages (similar writing script but different pronounciation) they have been able to create a system that is extremely efficient. Once India can fix it's infra problem they can allow the economy to grow even more as now India can supply itself and pay itself and grow it's domestic market while producing goods that might entice the global market.

😂😂 it's always fascinating how the western media portrays India and Indian cities with highly dense images of old towns like dude there are more places to show population 😆 as a normal Indian we don't usually see these kinds of crowds or slums like these media houses portray

That’s the wrong Indian map . Colonist

In India most of the graduates from colleges do not have sufficient skills. Majority colleges in India are just diploma producing mills. Also there is lack of quality paid jobs for many leading to a scramble for government jobs. Well off or the smart people take off to western countries for greener pastures. It's not all doom and gloom but that there are many problems which need to be urgently addressed

There is no way India will ever touch 1.7 billion. The fertility rate of India is now 1.9 in 2023 and is declining at the rate of 7-8% per annum. India's population will peak around 1.6 billion between 2050-2055 and then decline to 900 million by 2100. At the same time, China's population will not be 750 million but somewhere between 500-550 million.

I'm applying for software jobs and so many positions I see open are hiring people from within India. Would not surprise me if they become a tech superpower (which I guess some people view it as already there, but that's debatable)

Its the same stock footage of dusty old delhi from 2006 Smh

Nothing against India but if take into account AI will replace many jobs in the next future and you have a enormous unskilled population this looks like more like burden than a advantage. Just look at Pakistan and Nigeria both surpassed Brazil population but that doesn't mean anything if they don't have proper infrastructure a good system of education and most people live in poverty.

Use the correct map in the thumbnail 🤬

smaller higher skilled and educated population means a bright future. large unskilled and uneducated population means a miserable future

“A nation becomes great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never get to sit in.” Come on, fellow Indians! Let’s work hard today to make sure our children and grandchildren enjoy a life of prosperity tomorrow. 🇮🇳

Hey WSJ, Thank you for showing India as a one big market street. We Indians never go out without atleast 10k people already on the street. Please we are a developing nation not a poor country

If the economic rise and development is guaranteed by the rise of population, then the most densely populated state of Bihar in India would have been more fairly developed instead of being one of the most impoverished states in India.