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'If it weren’t for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh': Sanjeev Sanyal flags a China-style fertility crisis
India, he argues, has entered a phase of demographic slowdown. The number of annual births peaked nearly 15 years ago.
UN warns of unprecedented global decline in fertility rates as financial pressures and work-life balance issues take toll
In a survey of 14,000 people across 14 countries, one in five said they either haven’t had or don’t expect to have their ...
India’s declining fertility threatens China-like demographic crisis, says Sanjeev Sanyal
The fertility decline is no longer limited to the southern states but has emerged as a nationwide trend, with the country's ...
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Falling Fertility Rate: Crisis or course correction
According to the UNFPA's State of World Population 2025 report, India's total fertility rate has dropped to 1.9, slipping below the replacement level of 2.1. This means that, on average, Indian women ...
Why don't people want more kids? That's the wrong question, says a new global report
It's often assumed that low fertility rates are due to people simply not wanting to have children, or more than one or two, ...
Global Fertility Crisis Can't Be Solved With Financial Perks, UN Report Says
Solving the global fertility crisis would require creating conditions that support parenting instead of pushing economic ...
Global fertility crisis: Why millions are having fewer children than they want
Globally, fertility rates have plummeted from around five children per woman in 1950 to just 2.3 today, with projections ...