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    India’s Fertility Rate Drops Below Replacement Level for First Time, Reveals Government Report


    India’s Fertility Rate Drops Below Replacement Level for First Time, Reveals Government Report

    https://www.ndtv.com/health/indias-fertility-rate-drops-below-replacement-level-for-first-time-reveals-government-report-11565147/amp/1

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    2. kaminaripancake on

      Wow. I hope it stabilizes and doesn’t follow the rest of Asia into oblivion

    3. breakfasteveryday on

      Is anyone in India really thinking they have a “too few people” problem?

    4. Aadityazeo on

      Tbh, it’s just a handful of states that have a high TFR, and surprisingly, some states have a TFR as low as 1.3 or lower, which is way below replacement level. The local governments are trying to re-educate couples to have kids, while the same states have a really high TFR, especially those near the Bangladesh border.

    7. ThatsAllFolksAgain on

      India would be so much better off if their population was only 300 million or so. The era of human labor as capital is over.

    11. IsilmeCalithil on

      This is not amazing news.

      Countries have a narrow window of opportunity while their populations are growing for their economies to experience rapid positive change.

      An increase in real GDP is almost always driven by an increase in population – you need more people to drive more productivity and innovation.

      It is challenging for a country with a declining population to experience economic growth. India has not yet advanced economically enough to secure a good quality of life for the hundreds of millions of working class people in that country.

      A declining population could leave India stuck in an (even lower than) middle-income trap.

    12. rohan69420 on

      Sad news. The Indian government should introduce some measures to increase the birth rate.

    14. Clarinetaphoner on

      We’re overpopulated just about everywhere. The earth needs a break. This is great news.

    15. Annahsbananas on

      I don’t think that’s a bad problem in India.

      I went there once for a business trip. It was like a massive colony of ants but with people.

      Everything was just packed with people. The trains and the roads were pure chaos. If you don’t have anxiety you will if you board one of their trains or buses.

      I never seen anything like it in my life. Think of a popular amusement park like Disney World in the middle of summer but quadruple the amount of people.

    16. TehRiddles on

      Given the incredibly dense population, isn’t this a good thing to happen for a period before stabilizing at more manageable levels?

    17. bestestopinion on

      The issue is there are going to be a lot more old people than young people.

    19. Indigoh on

      Imagine if we didn’t consider this a problem, but an goal. Get the world to the point that our population naturally stays stable, and then work on making Earth a place that can sustain those people. 

    20. Wise_Barracuda_8785 on

      India’s fertility rate dropped bellow replacement rate (2.1) in 2020 and has continued to remain under it and is now at 1.9. However, it still has a young population so it carries the momentum from all the people who still haven’t had kids, which will cause the overall population to continue to rise. According to estimates it should peak at 1.7 billion in 2070 and then fall slowly back to 1.5 billion by 2100.

    21. Otherwise-Sun2486 on

      That is terrible for them if they are trying for an
      industrial revolution