India's Population Is Stabilising As Total Rate of Fertility Decreases Across States by Iswarya on December 15, 2020 at 12:03 PM India's population is stabilising according to the Fifth National Family Health Survey as the total rate of fertility has declined across a majority of the states. Of the 17 states analyzed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Manipur, Bihar, and Meghalaya, all the other states have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which indicates that most states have achieved replacement level fertility. The first set of conclusions from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), conducted in 2019-20, were announced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, on December 12th, four years after the last survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16).