Fertility rate: Total fertility rate is

Total fertility rate is directly calculated as the sum of age-specific fertility rates (usually referring to women aged 15 to 49 years), or five times the sum if data are given in five-year age groups. India’s fertility rate has dropped to 1.9, below the replacement level, with financial strain and evolving societal choices playing key roles, says the UNFPA’s 2025 report. India has achieved a Total Fertility Rate of 2.0 as per National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–21) Posted On: 20 DEC 2024 4:52PM by PIB Delhi India has achieved a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.0 as per NFHS-5 (2019–21). This is aligned with the National Population Policy 2000 and the National Health Policy 2017 (TFR of 2.1). This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.