Key Highlights:
- Fertility rate slightly above replacement level of 2.1.
- Total fertility rate remained at 2.2 in 2015-16, same as 2011.
- Decline to 2 below replacement level in 2019-21, indicating population decline.
What is Fertility Rate?
Fertility rate is the number of children born to women of a certain age or the number of children born to women of childbearing age in a given year.