By 2050, one in five Indians will be a senior citizen while there will be fewer younger people to take care of them.
By 2050 the share of senior citizens in India will be more than 20 per cent, that is one five people
India’s total fertility rate (TFR) — the average number of children born per woman — is dipping irreversibly to 1.29, far lower than the replacement rate of 2.1.
The TFR has more than halved in the last 70 years – from around five children for each woman in 1950 to 2.2 children in 2021.
In India, the TFR was 6.18 in 1950 which reduced to 4.60 in 1980 and further declined to 1.91 in 2021.
By 2050, 155 of 204 countries (76 per cent of the world) will be below the replacement level of fertility.