India's total fertility rate has dropped from 3.5 in 2000 to 1.9 today, amid improved education, female literacy, access to ...

India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people by the middle of this year, data released by the United Nations on Wednesday showed. Based on the ...

NEW DELHI (IANS) – India’s population is projected to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, making it the world’s most populous nation, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World ...

India's population, more than 1.4 billion, has surpassed that of mainland China, new United Nations data released this week showed. By summer, it will have about 2.9 million more people than the ...

India has a young, vast work force that is expanding as China’s ages and shrinks. But the country’s immense size also lays bare its enormous challenges. By Mujib Mashal and Alex Travelli Reporting ...

On New Year’s Day in 2021, nearly 60,000 babies were born across India—the highest number of births given anywhere in the world that day, according to UNICEF. The record-breaking number also ...

Indian women have been urged to have a minimum of two children in a bid to reverse plummeting birth rates and boost the population. N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is the chief minister of the Andhra ...