Fertility rate
Children a woman would have at current rates. India has fallen below the replacement level of about 2.1 — a population that will stop growing within a few decades, and age before it gets rich.
Position from worst
1.96
Published by
World Bank / UN Population Division
Fertility rate over time
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| Period | Fertility rate |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.96 |
| 2023 | 1.98 |
| 2022 | 1.99 |
| 2021 | 2.01 |
| 2020 | 2.05 |
| 2019 | 2.12 |
| 2018 | 2.18 |
| 2017 | 2.19 |
| 2016 | 2.28 |
| 2015 | 2.29 |
| 2014 | 2.29 |
| 2013 | 2.4 |
| 2012 | 2.47 |
| 2011 | 2.53 |
| 2010 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 2.67 |
| 2008 | 2.71 |
| 2007 | 2.78 |
| 2006 | 2.87 |
| 2005 | 2.96 |
| 2004 | 3.05 |
| 2003 | 3.12 |
| 2002 | 3.22 |
| 2001 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 3.35 |
| 1999 | 3.38 |
| 1998 | 3.45 |
| 1997 | 3.51 |
| 1996 | 3.58 |
| 1995 | 3.65 |
| 1994 | 3.72 |
| 1993 | 3.8 |
| 1992 | 3.88 |
| 1991 | 3.96 |
| 1990 | 4.05 |
| 1989 | 4.13 |
| 1988 | 4.22 |
| 1987 | 4.31 |
| 1986 | 4.4 |
| 1985 | 4.43 |
| 1984 | 4.52 |
| 1983 | 4.57 |
| 1982 | 4.62 |
| 1981 | 4.7 |
| 1980 | 4.78 |
| 1979 | 4.81 |
| 1978 | 4.89 |
| 1977 | 5.01 |
| 1976 | 5.13 |
| 1975 | 5.2 |
| 1974 | 5.33 |
| 1973 | 5.4 |
| 1972 | 5.48 |
| 1971 | 5.57 |
| 1970 | 5.62 |
| 1969 | 5.68 |
| 1968 | 5.76 |
| 1967 | 5.83 |
| 1966 | 5.88 |
| 1965 | 5.94 |
| 1964 | 5.98 |
| 1963 | 5.97 |
| 1962 | 5.95 |
| 1961 | 5.94 |
| 1960 | 5.92 |
Compared with
Source
World Bank / UN Population Division — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN