Demographic differences between Indian states are at the heart of the debate on representation and financial allocation.

Shrinking birth rates In the last 50 years, the global fertility landscape has undergone a massive transformation, shifting from steady growth to what is now described as a universal human […] ...

This year will bring "another significant decline of the birth rate" for an "overwhelming number of countries," new analysis shows. Birth Gauge, an open-source database that aggregates global ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The head of India's powerful Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that Indian families must have three children each, warning about the long-term ...

“ [M]ore than 90% birth or death events are getting registered”, according to a March 2025 circular by the Registrar General of India. This means, about 2.8 million births—more than the population of ...