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  Explained: China’s new contraceptive tax and the limits of pro-birth policies

  World | January 02, 2026 14:49 IST

  Despite a series of incentives aimed at encouraging couples to have more children, China’s population has continued to fall.

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  'Don't burden Indian women': Owaisi tells RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on 'three children' theory

  India | August 29, 2025 23:45 IST

  Asaduddin Owaisi also claimed that the Muslim population growth rate is decreasing as per the census of 2011 and stood at 14.23 per cent compared to nearly 80 per cent of Hindus.

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  Mohan Bhagwat flags population growth rate, says 'every couple should produce at least 3 kids'

  Maharashtra | December 02, 2024 8:44 IST

  Speaking at an event in Nagpur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said demographic studies suggest that when a society’s total fertility rate falls below 2.1, it risks facing extinction.

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  Japan's population declines for 15th consecutive year, birth rates hit a record low

  World | July 25, 2024 10:09 IST

  Japan's population peaked at 127 million in 2009 and has been declining ever since, with low birth rates and high mortality rates. Surveys show young Japanese are reluctant to marry and have children due to bleak job prospects and high cost-of-living.

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  India’s population estimated at 144 crore, overtakes China: UNFPA report

  India | April 17, 2024 15:59 IST

  The report also detailed that an estimated 24 per cent of India’s population is aged 0-14 while 17 per cent is within the 10-19 age range. The segment aged 10-24 is estimated to constitute 26 per cent, with the 15-64 age group making up 68 per cent.

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  Additional 6.4 crore homes required by 2036 due to population growth: Report 

  Business | January 09, 2024 17:03 IST

  Housing demand remained robust, with over 19,050 RERA registrations observed nationwide, primarily dominated by 45 per cent of projects falling within the residential segment, said the report.

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  'India will remain lower middle economy by 2047 if...': Raghuram Rajan on country's growth

  Business | December 16, 2023 23:15 IST

  Speaking at a programme organised by Manthan in Hyderabad, Rajan said that if the nation does not expand quicker, it will age demographically before it becomes richer, meaning that there is the burden of an ageing population to deal with at that point.

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  'India has no dearth of capability, it has biggest talent factory': PM Modi's savage reply to China

  World | May 23, 2023 16:52 IST

  Earlier last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin contended that it was important to look at "quality" as well as "size" while assessing a country's demographic dividend.

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  United States population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year

  World | December 22, 2021 8:27 IST

  The US has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend.

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  UP Law Commission framing draft bill to check population growth

  India | June 21, 2021 8:24 IST

  Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country with a population of around 22 crores.

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  With births down, U.S. had slowest growth rate in a century

  World | December 31, 2019 8:03 IST

  The U.S. grew from 2018 to 2019 by almost a half percent, or about 1.5 million people, with the population standing at 328 million this year, according to population estimates.

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  Opinion | Rajat Sharma on why Swami Ramdev's ideas to curb population growth should be appreciated

  India | January 25, 2019 23:21 IST

  It is the duty of all Indians to ensure that population growth stays strictly within limits, so that the fruits of growth can be shared equitably by all.

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  Maharashtra sees highest reduction in population growth rate

  India | June 04, 2014 18:07 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra's decadal population growth rate reduced by 6.74 per cent during 2001-11, as against 3.8 per cent points at the national level, the State Economic Survey for 2013-14, tabled in the state legislature, said