India To Overtake China in Population in 2023

surpass: 뛰어넘다, 앞서가다
figure: 수치
…India will surpass China as having the world’s largest population, according to figures from the United Nations.

correspondent: (특정 지역이나 주제 담당) 기자
Our population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty told me more about this report.

fertility rate: 출생률
We had a very rapid acceleration of fertility rates in India and all over the world in the past 50 years or so…

sweet spot: 최고의 상황
That means that India is close to this sweet spot where it could have a very healthy working-age population…

too little, too late: 이미 너무 늦어버렸다
And China’s trying to do a lot to boost its population but it’s really too little, too late.