India

India's total fertility rate falls to 1.9, below replacement level, for the fifth consecutive year according to the 2026 Sample Registration System report

The May 2026 SRS report from India's Office of the Registrar General confirms TFR at 1.9, with Delhi at 1.2 and Bihar at 2.9, a north-south divide that will reshape political representation after the next delimitation

The Long Game ·7 takes ·Jul 3

India's decennial census has not been conducted since 2011, a 15-year gap that is the first since independence and leaves 1.4 billion people counted by projection rather than enumeration

India last conducted its decennial population census in 2011; the 2021 Census was postponed due to COVID-19 and had not been completed by mid-2026, making it the first missed decennial count since India's first post-independence census in 1951 and creating a 15-year statistical gap that affects welfare targeting, parliamentary seat delimitation, and population projections used by every major international agency

What They're Not Saying ·7 takes ·Jul 8

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