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Total Fertility Rate of 2.0
December 16 , 2024
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- India has achieved a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.0, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–21).
- This meets the targets set under the National Population Policy 2000 and the National Health Policy 2017, which aimed for a TFR of 2.1.
- The total fertility rate is the average number of children that a woman will have during her lifetime.
- It is measured in terms of children per woman.
- The total fertility rate, was as high as 6 or more in 1950s.
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