India, once synonymous with rapid population growth, is now witnessing a decline in fertility rates. According to the United Nations, the country’s fertility rate has dropped to 2 children per ...

community centres and old-age homes are unprepared for this shift. India's rapid ageing is being driven by declining fertility rates Urbanisation, migration, and changing labour markets are ...

India has achieved a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.0 as per National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21), said the Union government on Tuesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today ...

All religious groups in India have shown major declines in fertility rates, a study from Pew Research ... As of 2020, the study says, Hindus have a median age of 29, compared with 24 for Muslims ...

With India’s fertility rate declining steadily from 6.18 in 1950 to a projected 1.29 by 2050 can we sustain our demographic advantage, or are we on the brink of a population crunch? India’s ...

It is designed to be used primarily with DHS data, but can also be used easily with birth histories from other sources. Three types of analysis are performed by tfr2: (1) the computation of ...

Adolescent pregnancies and birth rates are commonly reported as the age-specific fertility rate for ages 15-19 years and are usually higher in marginalised communities. In low- and middle-income ...

Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born. The fertility rate - the average ... to 732 million by 2100. India will take its place.