TOTAL FERTILITY RATE

June 13, 2021

The Assam unit of the Congress has slammed Chief Minister for asking a minority community to adopt population control measures to prevent encroachment and pressure on land resources. It cited the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) released in December 2020, which said the total fertility rate (TFR) declined across most Indian States in the last five years.

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The total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children that would be born to a woman by the time she ends childbearing.
According to the UN Population Division, a total fertility rate (TFR) of about 2.1 children per woman is called replacement-level fertility.
The fertility rate of less than 2.1 implies that the total population will be less than the existing population which is also called the negative growth rate.
The same survey said the fertility rate of women in Assam declined from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 1.9 in 2020-21, which means the future population of Assam will only be less than the current population. Hence there is no question of an increase in population.

Source : The Hindu