India’s population reaches 1.46 billion, but fertility rate drops significantly: UN report

July 11 is celebrated as World Population Day and on this day a UN report related to India’s population has also been released, in which important figures have been announced. India will remain the most populous country with an estimated 1.46 billion people by 2025. However, the country’s total fertility rate has declined from 2.1 to 1.9. This information has been given in a report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday. The 2025 World Population Data (SOWP) report shows that the real crisis is not the growing population, but the broader challenges to the right of people to freely and responsibly decide whether they want children, when they want them and how many children they want. The UN report estimates that India’s current population is 146.39 crore. India is now the most populous country in the world. With a population of about 1.5 billion. The population is estimated to reach 1.7 billion before the population decline trend begins. The total fertility rate (TFR) in India is currently 2.0 children per woman. This means that a woman in India is expected to have an average of 2 children during her reproductive years (generally between the ages of 15-49). According to the 2021 report of the Sample Registration System (SRS), this rate has remained stable since 2020. However, the new report shows that the fertility rate has fallen to 1.9 children per woman. This rate is not sufficient to maintain the population size in the next generation without migration. Despite the slowing birth rate, the youth population remains significant. Of these, 24 percent are in the 0-14 age group, 17 percent are in the 10-19 age group and 26 percent are in the 10-24 age group. While 68 percent of the population is in the 15-64 age group, the elderly population (65 and above) is 7 percent.

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