Children pictured in India’s capital New Delhi earlier this months as schools reopened following pandemic-induced closures. Photo: AFP
What one-child policy? As India’s population growth slows, China-style controls on births called into question
- India’s total fertility rate has dropped below the level needed to maintain a stable population, but it’s still on track to become the most populous country
- Advocates cheered the survey results as a triumph of New Delhi’s ‘voluntary’ approach to family planning, in contrast to the more coercive methods of China
Children pictured in India’s capital New Delhi earlier this months as schools reopened following pandemic-induced closures. Photo: AFP