Good. Infinite growth isn't sustainable.
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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"India's fertility rate has fallen substantially - from 5.7 births per woman in 1950 to the current rate of two.
Fertility rates have fallen below the replacement level of two births per woman in 17 of the 29 states and territories." - BBC
The replacement rate is 2.1 births per woman, just for accuracy. So the country's rate of 2 per woman on average is below replacement level.
Good. We could stand to hold off on the population increase for a bit while we fix all the fucked-up shit
Oh man, I was worried India was going to run out of people any minute now
This is to be expected as India develops as a country, no? It's happened to every developed nation so far that I know of.
I don't necessarily agree with the idea that it's caused by increased quality of education or QoL, though. It makes much more sense to me that it's mostly - if not purely - driven by the population being subjected to industrial work, making time and energy that would usually go to child rearing diminished.
India is the only place where the more Catholics there are, the lower the birth rate (except for maybe the Vatican)
what is your source?