Text Box: India’s population to be the largest in the world   India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2050.   India’s population is expected to grow from 1.08bn to 1.63bn people, overtaking China, which is forecast to reach 1.44bn from 1.3bn currently.   India, will also have the highest working population in the World — 700 million people out of 1.1 billion people are young; the young population will continue till 2050.