How fast is India's fertility falling?
Births per woman, shown annually.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SP.DYN.TFRT.IN Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
1.962
latest value, 2024
5.921
first value, 1960
65
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
Fertility is one of the main reasons India can be huge and still move toward slower population growth.
Fertility is one of the main reasons India can be huge and still move toward slower population growth.
Births per woman, shown annually.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
Keep pulling the thread
How many people live in India? -> Is India's population growth slowing? -> What share of Indians are children? ->Methodology
MeasureFertility rate
GeographyIndia
Unitbirths per woman
TransformValues displayed as births per woman.
CaveatNational fertility hides very large state and district differences.