[HN Gopher] India's fertility rate has fallen below replacement ...
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       India's fertility rate has fallen below replacement level
        
       Author : cwwc
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-11-26 18:14 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (twitter.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
        
       | jbergens wrote:
       | According to the map a number of states are far below replacement
       | rate. Combine this with the fact that the numbers seems to go
       | down in general Indias population may shrink pretty quickly
       | within a few decades.
        
       | 1cvmask wrote:
       | This seems like India is following in China's footsteps.
       | 
       | The full tweet:
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       | India's fertility rate has fallen below replacement level (2.1
       | children per women). However there is still significant variation
       | between states.
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       | The lowest birth rate is in Sikkim at 1.1, equivalent to
       | Singapore, while the highest is in Bihar at 3.0, equivalent to
       | Israel.
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       | The map in the tweet has a state by state breakdown.
        
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