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TFR of India in 2021
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- The Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children per woman, in the country, has remained constant at 2.0 in 2021, the same as the year 2020.
- Bihar has reported the highest TFR at 3.0, while Delhi and West Bengal reported the lowest TFR of 1.4.
- There had been a gradual decline in the share of population in the age group of 0-14 from 41.2% in 1971 to 24.8% in 2021.
- The “proportion of the economically active population between 15-59 years has increased from 53.4% to 66.2% during the same period.”
- The elderly population has gone up from 5.3% to 5.9% for 65+ age group and 6% to 9% for 60+ age group during the same period.
- Kerala recorded the highest percentage of population in the age group of 60 and above with 14.4% of the total population falling under this category.
- Tamil Nadu 12.9% and Himachal Pradesh 12.3% are the other two States with the highest percentage of elderly population.
- Bihar (6.9%), Assam (7%) and Delhi (7.1%) have the lowest percentage of the population in the age group of 60 and above.
- The mean age at effective marriage for females has increased from 19.3 years in 1990 to 22.5 years in 2021.
- The replacement level TFR, viz. 2.1, has been attained at the national level.
- The present TFR level is in Delhi 1.4, West Bengal 1.4, Tamil Nadu 1.5, Andhra Pradesh 1.5, Jammu and Kashmir 1.5, Kerala 1.5, Maharashtra 1.5, Punjab 1.5, Himachal Pradesh 1.6, Telangana 1.6, Karnataka 1.6, Odisha 1.8, Uttarakhand 1.8, Gujarat 2.0, Haryana 2.0 and Assam 2.1.
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