Total Fertility Rate

Mohan Bhagwat has linked the issue to India’s long-term demographic dividend and warned against a potential decline in population growth.

Spotlight on high fertility states as India’s population projected to surge ahead of China

The report has predicted that the number of people in the world will cross the 8 billion mark on November 15 and has said that global population growth is at its slowest since 1950, having fallen to less than 1 percent in 2020

India’s population has started to decrease, shows survey

According to National Family Health Survey–5 data, India’s total fertility rate in 2019-21 was 2 compared with 2.2 five years ago in the previous survey. The total fertility rate graph has been steadily declining, borne out by the fact that in 1998-99, it was 3.2.

Population Control | Not deviated from 'Mission Parivar Vikas' goals: Govt in Rajya Sabha

The Centre also released the name of states that have shown decline in the total fertility rate from 2016-18.

National Family Health Survey | India’s population is stabilising; fertility rate drops, contraceptive use on rise

All Phase-1 states where fieldwork has been done except Bihar, Manipur, and Meghalaya now have a TFR of 2.1 or less.

India to become most populous country with largest working-age population by 2100: Lancet

With these changes in the working-age population, India is set to become the third-largest economy in the world behind China and the US by 2050 and retain the same position in 2100

China and India: Different Wants, Different Needs

China's imploding population contrasts with India‘s increasing one. China currently has 1.35 billion people, and its one-child policy—put into effect in 1979—is still in force.