India’s fertility rate falls to 1.9 children per woman, with consequences for the workforce, the elderly and economy.

Alarm over India’s fertility-rate drop seems overblown. Its challenge is not to boost its birth rate but the productivity of ...

India has crossed a major demographic milestone: for the first time in modern history its fertility rate has slipped below ...

Rural fertility dropped from 5.4 children per woman in 1971 to 2.1 in 2024, while urban fertility fell from 4.1 to 1.5 during the same period.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nurse cares for a newborn baby at a hospital in Kishanganj district in Bihar state [File: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters] India’s ...

India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has fallen below the replacement level for the first time, according to the Sample ...

Since most workers spend their lives in informal or semi-formal work, old-age income security remains largely outside formal ...

According to the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World Population Report 2025, India’s total fertility rate (TFR) currently stands at 1.9 births per woman. This is below the replacement ...

India’s total fertility rate has declined, according to the government report. Notably, the national TFR has moved below the replacement benchmark of 2.1.

India’s fertility decline has become a major subject of policy debate after the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell ...

India’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1, with regional disparities and long-term impacts ...

Elon Musk's comment on India's falling birth rate has gone viral. India's total fertility rate has now dropped below the replacement level. This trend is observed across the country, with Delhi ...