Islam is the world's second-largest religion, followed by people across hundreds of countries. The global Muslim population ...

Another significant element of India's population challenge is gender inequality, with Muttreja referring to this as "the ...

but more so in the southern States, where fertility rates had dropped below the replacement levels much earlier than the rest of India. Kerala led the demographic transition in the South ...

India’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, below the replacement threshold of 2.1. Urban areas report a TFR of 1.6, while rural areas remain at 2.1, with only five states—UP (2 ...

Leaders of two southern states – Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – have recently advocated more children. India's fertility rate has fallen substantially - from 5.7 births per woman in 1950 to ...

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu wants people to have more children, failing which one could be barred from contesting local body elections.

Telangana State's population growth rate, defined as the pace at which the population increases over time, is projected to decline sharply, nearing zero at 0.3.

Goa's fertility rate has dropped to a concerning 1.3% as per the economic survey 2024-25, marking a steady decline over the past few decades. This marks a sharp decrease from 1.73% in 2015-16. Over ...

Sikkim has registered a negative population growth and is the only state after Nagaland to witness a shrink in population in the country. Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) said on ...