Title: Many Indian states have lower fertility rates than developed countries
Sub-title: Total Fertility Rate of Indian states and developed countries (2023)
Explanation: Horizontal bar chart comparing 7 Indian states and 7 developed countries by total fertility rate (children per woman). West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have the lowest TFR at 1.30, below Japan’s 1.21, while Maharashtra (1.40) and Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh (all 1.50) are compared with Finland (1.28), Norway (1.41), Portugal and Denmark (1.51), Iceland (1.54), and the United Kingdom (1.56). The main takeaway is that several Indian states now have fertility levels similar to or lower than those in many developed countries.
Source: Sample Registration System Annual Statistical Report 2023 (RGI) and World Population Prospects 2024 Revision (UN Population Division)
Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
🧵 When a country's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) drops to 2.1, meaning that a woman is likely to have 2.1 children on average over her lifetime, demographers say that the country has reached 'replacement fertility'.
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