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You may want to check those population figures.
[Read the article: Indian society still doesn't think much of girls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wikipedia estimates 1.1 billion for India (with a 2001 census figure at 800 million) and 1.3 billion for China. This is pretty much in-line with the CIA world factbook figures as well.
The CIA factbook pages are particularly interesting, though, as they do offer a population breakdown by sex as well. Both countries are showing a noticable male tilt in both the 0-14 and 15-64 brackets, but not to a point where the ratio is too much above 1.1:1. Still unbalanced enough to cause problems, though, I'm sure.
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