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Why do India and China have so many people?

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China and India are the two most populous countries in the world. However, just how many more people do they really contain than the rest of the world's countries?

Explain why, even if China and India are both growing at a similar rate as the rest of the world, these countries would be adding so many more people to their populations.

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