India Faces Economic Challenges as Fertility Rates Drop and Population Ages

Total fertility rate in India has steeply declined from 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to further drop to 1.29 by 2050 and 1.04 by 2100
Falling fertility rates combined with rising life expectancy is leading to an aging population in India
Aging population presents economic challenges like higher healthcare costs and shrinking workforce
India needs to capitalize on its current demographic dividend of a young population to avoid economic slowdown
Multiple factors like urban lifestyle, stress, pollution are contributing to declining fertility rates in India