text: how do china and india survive in their economy despite of over population?   india is too diverse to explain in a line. i'd say, population is not a problem now, its getting better now. the birth rates are declining, and by 2040, the population will stop expanding.  every year, 40 million new people join the middle class leaving poverty. as the population is huge, its a huge market, and everyone gets to sell his product/services. and with the flow of foreign investment, its been a huge amount of new jobs being created. and the outsourcing is helping new software professionals trained in india. new agricultural equipment, with farmers getting richer and richer, are getting common, and agriculture is also doing well.  its not so sweet though, there is corruption, poverty, illiteracy, riots. but we all are determined to make a better india.