The low fertility rates in India pushed at least one state in the country to consider reviewing the policies that encouraged families to be satisfied with having only two children.
United Nations estimates that the world’s population on November 15 has reached 8 billion, more than three in China and India.
India estimates its population of about 1. 38 billion, just less than 1. 4 billion in China, according to World Bank estimates.
The United Nations says, “India will become the largest country in terms of population in 2023,” the United Nations says.
But government data shows that the average annual population growth in India has decreased to 1. 2 percent in ten years since 2011, compared to an average of 1. 7 percent in the previous ten years.
A government report released last month stated that the total fertility rate in India, which is measured by the number of children that each woman has, has decreased to 2 in the last evaluation period, from 2019 to 2021, from 3. 4 percent from 1992 to 1993.
The government says that the increase in the use of contraceptives and high education rates among girls can contribute to low fertility rates.
The use of family planning means to 66. 7 percent from 2019 to 2021 from 53.
5 percent in 2015 and 2016.
The United Nations Population Fund said in comments shared with Reuters that this indicates that population policies and national health systems in India are going well.
He added: “While India is investing in its youth, it needs to develop plans for the demographic transformation in order to care for a better proportion of the elderly in the future. “.
About Author
