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Rural fertility rate drops to 2.1: Govt
Hindustan Times Delhi
|September 04, 2025
NEW GOVERNMENT DATA RELEASED ON WEDNESDAY SHOWED THAT THE OVERALL TOTAL FERTILITY RATE IN COUNTRY HAS NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, SLIPPED BELOW 2 TO 1.9
The total fertility rate (TFR) in rural India has dropped to the critical level of 2.1 children per woman for the first time — the demographic threshold at which births just balance deaths to maintain stable population levels — according to new government data released on Wednesday, which also showed that the overall TFR in the country has now, for the first time, slipped below 2 to 1.9.
The 2023 Sample Registration System (SRS) report on Wednesday also showed that the country's death rate continues to be above levels seen right before the pandemic.
The TFR decline marks a milestone where a decades-long fertility decline has now brought rural India in line with global demographic trends. If TFR holds at this value — known as the replacement level — rural populations will eventually stabilise rather than grow.
Rural TFR had remained stagnant at 2.2 from 2020 to 2022 before dropping to the replacement threshold in 2023.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition September 04, 2025 de Hindustan Times Delhi.
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