India's Fertility Rate: Why are Indians having so few children that it is causing global concern?


2026/06/09 00:06:31 IST

What is Total Fertility Rate?

    This implies that the number of children being born in India is insufficient to sustain the population for the next generation.

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What did Tesla Ceo Elon Musk say?

    Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has also expressed concern regarding this trend

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Where does India stand?

    Indias fertility rate was 6.18 in 1950; it dropped to 1.91 by 2021 and has since declined even further.

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How does Delhi and major cities fare?

    The report notes that this decline is not uniform across the country; the drop is particularly striking in urban areas - that is, in cities.

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Where does the fertility rate remains above replacement level ?

    According to the SRS Statistical Report 2024, the fertility rate remains above the replacement level of 2.1 in only six states

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