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This is important, folks: China is just now starting to face up to something of an existential crisis: The country\u2019s population is going to peak by 2030, by which time it will have about 80 mn fewer workers than it did last year. India, meanwhile, will overtake China as the world\u2019s largest country within the next five years and will continue growing after China stalls \u2014 and then Africa will leapfrog them both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s population is growing at a rate five times faster than is China\u2019s and eight times faster than South Korea\u2019s, state census bureau CAPMAS head Abu Bakr El Gindy said on Tuesday, Al Masry Al Youm reports. 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