What factors caused India and China to have such large populations?

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I know they are relatively large countries that have been inhabited for a very long time, but so is Europe if taken as a whole. Yet Europe only has about half as many people as just one of these two countries. What historical factors lead to their massive populations?

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China’s old general Mao ZeDong believes a strong nation was a large nation and encouraged all the inhabitants to have large families. This lead to him banning contraception in all forms and strict rules on abortion