With 206 countries worldwide, one wonders why the vast majority of the world’s population is concentrated in India and China alone. India currently leads by a very small margin, but China is close behind.
People consider many factors when choosing a settlement or migrating. Climate, transportation, health and safety are just some of them. It seems that there are also some reasons why India and China are so popular.
Overpopulation in India and China is mainly related to climatic conditions and agriculture.
After people migrated from Africa, these two countries became favored areas for subsistence and survival due to their ideal climatic conditions and diversity of crops suitable for agriculture.
Favorable environments provided a favorable environment for hunting, gathering and farming. This led to higher survival rates and larger populations.
In fact, 1,000 years ago, Asia had the advantage in terms of population, but the global population was not much different. Birth and death rates around the world were relatively consistent, but population growth was hampered by the lack of sufficient food production in some regions.
In addition, environmental conditions and geography play a significant role in the global population balance.
For example, in places like Antarctica and the Arctic Circle, where settlement was not possible, agriculture could not be practiced and the human population declined.
Again, vast mountain ranges, tropical rainforests, tundra and high salinity did not provide an environment in which plants could grow and human life could not survive in these regions.
Accordingly, the vast landmass of the Indo-China plateau was one of the most promising places in the world for growing crops in perpetuity.
On the other hand, the fact that India and China are well suited for rice cultivation has led to population growth in these countries.
Owning a rice field was much more advantageous than owning corn and wheat fields. In addition, since rice cultivation was hard work, families needed much more labor and family populations increased accordingly.
Larger families have also led to divisions between urban and rural areas in these two countries, resulting in more complex societies and the emergence of different cities and towns.
