[Vasuki]

Originally Posted by Samurai

That won't be allowed in the forum, since it is illegal in India to discern the gender of the fetus beforehand.

May be we can change the title to how many kids?

[Samurai]

Surveys among the student population of both in Oxford and Cambridge have indicated that the heterosexuals are now below 50%. This can easily lead to population collapse.

https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/24424

If this phenomenon spreads to Indian colleges, we don't have to worry about overpopulation.

[dragracer567]

Originally Posted by Samurai

Surveys among the student population of both in Oxford and Cambridge have indicated that the heterosexuals are now below 50%. This can easily lead to population collapse.

https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/24424

If this phenomenon spreads to Indian colleges, we don't have to worry about overpopulation.

To be fair, it's an online survey and the result could easily have been skewed due to increased interest in the LGBT community/forums.

[v1p3r]

Originally Posted by Sran

Aside from blaming so called BIMARU states, there are certain other factors also. Southern states have low virility as opposed to so called BIMARU states.

Nowhere does the study compare south Indian states to BIMARU ones, unless I've missed a page. It just says sperm quality has declined in south India. Even so, I assume there's no real push from society in BIMARU to make more children. It comes down to education and development. It is well known that TFR is inversely proportionate to human and economic development.

Originally Posted by Sran

341, 196, 219, 166 is the ratio of students per Lakhs from Kerala, A.P, T.N and Karnataka who go to study abroad and most of them settle there which further brings down the TFR.

I am not sure if immigration to another country affects TFR. But again, it's fairly obvious that more south Indians can afford to go / send their children abroad to study, because of higher economic development. Also, there are about 700 million internal migrants in India, out of which 10-15% are inter state. I would wager a large majority are from the BIMARU states to Mumbai / Delhi / south India, bringing with them a higher TFR if your assumption holds true.

[RedTerrano]

Found this interesting infographic on SM showing India's population density.

This, attempts to explain the reasoning behind that particular pattern. According to the author, it has to do with fertility of the soil.
Worth a read.
https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/statu...53371663867905

[MT_Hyderabad]

UN confirms that India is the most populated country in the world.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indi...ndtv_topscroll

[aerohit]

Congratulations. India just got more "Road Presence".

[trippytragopan]

Originally Posted by antz.bin

China fudged with the natural process of fertility rate reduction by introducing the one couple one child policy long back and that is going to bite them in the back pretty soon

It is already biting them.
"China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that has faced growing resistance."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/w...de-prices.html