Fertility Rate

Eight billion people and counting: Why it's harmful to control population

While eight billion people is a significant milestone for the world, its magnitude is misleading. The population growth rate peaked 50 years ago (around 1962-65) and is now less than one per cent per year

China population to begin shrinking by 2025, as family sizes grow smaller and citizens age

The total fertility rate has dropped below 1.3 in recent years, while the country is expected to enter a stage of severe ageing around 2035, with more than 30 percent of the population older than 60

India's total fertility rate declines from 2.2 to 2.0, according to fifth round of National Family Health Survey

The NFHS-5 survey work was conducted in around 6.37 lakh sample households from 707 districts of India, from 28 states and 8 UTs, covering 7,24,115 women and 1,01,839 men to provide disaggregated estimates up to district level

For first time, India records more women than men, finds latest NFHS

As per the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), there are 1,020 women for every 1,000 men

NFHS Survey: Fertility rate dips to 2.0; more than half women, children anaemic in 14 states, UTs

The Centre has released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India as well as 14 states and UTs under phase two, of the 2019-21 NFHS-5

Demographic danger: India's population is not just exploding, it's happening in a way that threatens the nation's productivity

Kerala’s working-age population will experience a sharp fall from 56.2% in 2021 to 52.8% in 2041, while Tamil Nadu’s workforce size would shrink by 2.8% during the two decades starting from 2021.

ToR of 15th Finance Commission: Will South India lose out to the North owing to lower fertility rates?

South Indian states have reduced their fertility rates below replacement level, while rate for states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh remains above level

Punjab's plan to bring in 2-child norm for panchayat polls is outdated, will only marginalise Dalits and young women

Amarinder Singh announced a 50 percent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in Punjab. But the two-child norm may offset gains from this policy.

Educating girls can significantly reduce India’s population spiral, national health data reveals

“Education is the best contraceptive pill,” said Poonam Muttreja, executive director, Population Foundation of India, an advocacy working on family planning

Bihar fertility rate reduced by boosting education among girls, says Nitish Kumar

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that education of girls has a direct bearing on fertility rate in Bihar