I don’t know the answer and it appears that only some countries and UN agencies produce

the mid-year numbers. Anyway, here’s my guess: most countries,like mine, only have a
census every 5 or 10 years. We have an annua immigration intake of 1% of the population
so, by the time the figures are all processed, they could be out of date. I also guess that
many poorer countries don’t even have a regular reliable census. So, I think statisticians
probably picked a date mid-year for each country to submit their best estimates.

My Government works on a business year from 1 July to 30 June so mid-year makes sense
for us but other countries probably have different start dates so it was simpler to just pick a
standard date.
Because we have 1.4 billion, we produce world's most factory workers, engineers, scientists,
military officers, etc. We are able to build a solid economy and a strong national military
defence. We are naturally a big market that even most righteous Democracies choose not to
ignore. We have a big, loud voice to state different opinions and assert our national
interests, and you have to listen to, however annoyed you are.

Thanks to our population, we have a big GDP, we have a large presence on earth, we won't
have to be bullied or demonized like Iran. I enjoyed our bigness, very much.
In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species who live in a
particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. In sociology, population
refers to a collection of humans. Population, is the number of people in a city or town,
region, country or world. Population is usually determined by a process called census, a
process of collecting, analyzing, compiling and publishing data. If there is no population, a
place cannot be called a village or town or city or even a country. Interbreeding is not
possible. Human race might become extinct. Otherwise there is no use of population.