India's population has reached 1.46 billion, with a falling fertility rate: UNFPA

New -Delhi, June 10 (IANS). According to the latest United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on Tuesday, India will remain the most populated country with an estimated 1.46 billion people by 2025. However, the total fertility rate of the country has dropped from 2.1 to 1.9. The report of the world population data of 2025 (SOWP) states that the actual crisis is not in the form of the population, but the widespread challenges in the right to decide the people with the independent and responsibility of the people, whether they want children or not, whenever they want, and how many children want. The United Nations report estimates that “the current population of India is 1,463.9 million.” The report says: “India is now the most populated country in the world, which has a population of about 1.5 billion. This number is expected to rise by about 1.7 billion before falling.” The total fertility rate (TFR) in India is currently 2.0 children per woman. This means that a woman in India will have an average of 2 children during her breeding grounds (usually 15-49 years old). According to the 2021 report of the sample registration system (SRS), the rate remains stable since 2020. However, the new report shows that the fertility rate has dropped to 1.9 children per woman. This means that Indian women produce on average so few children that it is not enough to maintain the size of the population in the next generation without migration. Despite the slow birth rate, India’s youth population remains important, with 24 percent in the age group of 0-14, 17 percent in 10-19 and 26 percent in 10-24. While 68 percent of the population is 15-64, the elderly population (65 and above) is seven percent. The life expectancy at birth at birth is estimated to be 71 years for men and 74 years for women. In the United Nations report, India is placed in a group of countries with moderate income that go through a rapid demographic change. The estimate of doubling the population here is now 79 years. Andrea M. Woznar, representative of the UNFPA India, said: “India has made significant progress in reducing the fertility rate, which increased from about five children to about two children in 1970. This is due to access to better education and reproductive health services.” Woznar said: “This has led to a great decline in maternal deaths.” -Ians Sch/Abm