Why India and China has so large population compared to other countries

[jaunty]

If this is true than how feasible are these studies that predict stabilization of populations without taking in effect the possibility of emerging cities, I mean the predictions say 2040 or 2060 so whose to say there won't be more urban centers by then in India? Wouldn't more room also lead to more people?

Cities are overpopulated not because the urban folks have more kids, in fact it is the opposite. The overpopulation is caused by movement of people from the rural areas to the urban centers. So emergence of more urban centers won't increase the overall population. It may however alter the demographic distribution between urban and rural areas.

 

[Jade]

I don't think fertile land has any relationship to larger population. Come on people, most of these countries were never educated like the today's Europe with 90%+ educated population.

India:

In my opinion there are various reasons for large population in India such as

1) literacy - People had least knowledge about condoms and other protectives. Moroever, the ruthless behaviour of South Asian communities. They wouldn't even allow women to take pills that may temporarily halt the production of babies after having a baby.

2) Poverty - People didn't have a job so they have plenty of spare time. So for time pass, you know what I mean

3) Religion - Many religions such as many "some" Muslim families would propagate/advocate that having large families is a matter of reward and it is God's wish to bestow you with his mercy and you cannot stop making babies.

4) Being one of the oldest countries in the world. Remember Indian Valley Civilisation? When there was no Europe.

China:

1) First thing you have to keep in mind is China is a large country. It is approximately three times as big as India. If you notice the old Indian subcontinent where Pakistan and Bangladesh being part of India. It might already be larger than China despite being half the size of China. If you notice China's population density is 80th in the world as compared to India's 33rd, Bangladesh's 12th, Maldives 11th and Pakistan's 59th. China's population is ok when you see it's large size.

List of countries by population density - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now the point is, China's population was ever growing. It had Qing, Yuan, Mind, Tang and Han dynasties when the world didn't know even know Europe exists in the map.

USA was only discovered few centuries ago whereas China has a known history of thousands of years, hence justifying the reason of their large population.

Good points

Although China is three times larger interestingly by the real population density (Density by habitable Area) China (943 per Sq Mile) is more densely populated than India (753 per Sq Mile) is

List of countries by real population density based on food growing capacity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jaunty]

A relevant article--

World population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050 | UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Also the fact that dectease in mortality rate occured much fatser than family planning, however that is coming to an end now, India is almost replacement level fertility now, soon population will stabilize then start falling.

Agree withbthe above assertions though, india has the largest amount of arable land in the world, almost each region produces something, hardly any barren lands like china russia.

India's arable land is far higher than China. But why China is the world's largest rice producing?

Yah, India has fertile land. But it's a pity... India is more hungry than North korea. According to the Hunger Index of 2017.

Good points

Although China is three times larger interestingly by the real population density (Density by habitable Area) China (943 per Sq Mile) is more densely populated than India (753 per Sq Mile) is

List of countries by real population density based on food growing capacity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Does this link take into account urbanization? China's urbanization is 56%. India is 33%.

The my city area is 500 sq.km., population 320 thousand.

PS: Mumbai area 600 sq.km. Beijing is 16000 sq.km. Shanghai is 6340 sq.km.