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Today updated 20:00 2017/06/30  神奇印度开挂国度，人口即将超过中国

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Jingnan

In seven years' time, India's population is expected to surpass that of China's and is projected to reach 1.5 billion in 2030.Meanwhile, the population of China is expected to slowly decline after 2030.That was according to a recent report by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Currently, China and India, the two most populous¹ countries of the world, have populations of 1.4 billion and 1.3 billion respectively. So what is behind the demographic shifts experienced by these two Asian population giants, how can the problems that come with these demographic specifics be better managed? And what challenges will the world face in light of current demographic developments around the globe?

For more on this, CRI'Jingnan is now joined in the studio by Prof.Du Peng,Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University;Zheng zhenzhen, Professor of Population and Labor² Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences;on the line we have Ms. Priyanka Pandit, from Centre for East Asian Studies School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India;also Visiting fellow with the Chongyang Financial Institute at Renmin University, China

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1 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。