Suggesting methods to control the population of India, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said, "Voting rights and government jobs should be taken away from people who give birth to more than two kids." Such people should not be allowed to contest elections or undergo treatment in government hospitals, he added.

China's population rose by 15.23 million people in 2018, marking a continued decrease in the growth rate of the world's most populous nation. Numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday put the population at 1.395 billion in 2018, marking a growth rate of .381 percent over the previous year.

The lack of availability of vegetables in state due to closing of roads and railway tracks is affecting the population of Rajasthan due to the impact of heavy rains across the country. The price of vegetables are constantly rising in the desert-state so much so that the price of some-veggies has increased by three to four times as compared to the prices fifteen-days ago.