New Delhi, India(CNN) India is ready to surpass China because the world’s most populous nation, with nearly 3 million extra individuals by the center of this yr, knowledge launched by the United Nations on Wednesday confirmed.

Based on the projections, India’s inhabitants by mid-year will attain 1.4286 billion, in comparison with China’s 1.4257 billion — 2.9 million fewer — in line with the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) “State of World Population Report” for 2023.

But the UN has been unable to find out a date this shift will happen, because of “uncertainty” in regards to the knowledge coming from China and India.

India carries out a census as soon as each 10 years, however the final one — which was because of be held in 2021 — was delayed through the pandemic. The nation’s most up-to-date official knowledge dates to 2011.

By mid-year, the worldwide inhabitants is estimated to hit 8.045 billion, the UN report stated.

And by 2050, eight nations will account for half the projected progress in international inhabitants: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.