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The total fertility rate of India in 2017 stood at 2.2. [2] Due to the large population, poverty and strain on resources, the Indian government initiated population control efforts to decrease birth rate with the current target being at 2.1 children per woman. [3]
Birth rate, death rate, natural growth rate, and infant mortality rate, by state or UT(2010) [97] State or UT Birth rate Death rate Natural growth rate Infant mortality rate Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Andaman and Nicobar Islands 15.6 15.5 15.8 4.3 4.8 3.3 11.3 10.7 12.6 25 29 18 Andhra Pradesh 17.9 18.3
The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467. [1] By 2010, its average HDI had risen to 0.519. [2] [3] UNDP, the sponsor of the Human Development Index methodology since 1990, reported India's HDI to be 0.554 for 2012, [4] an 18% increase over its 2008 HDI. The United Nations declared India's HDI to be 0.586 in 2014, [5] a 5.77% ...
The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [11]
The total fertility rate of India stands at 2.2 as of 2017. Four Indian states have fertility rates above 3.5 - Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland Of these, Bihar has a fertility rate of 4.0 births per woman, the highest of any Indian state. For detailed state figures and rankings, see Indian states ranking by fertility rate ...
During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent. [7] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the fastest growth rate of 55.1 percent, followed by Meghalaya (27.8 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 percent).
Map showing the sex ratio of each district in India based on the 2001 census data. In the table below, the rank numbers represented by 'S' are for states while 'UT' are for union territories . The data in the table is based on the population census of 2001 and 2011 .
This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. According to this national data India's IMR stood at 30 per 1,000 live births in 2019, while according to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation it stood at 28 per 1,000 live births. [2] Indian states by Infant mortality rate (2019)