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The Hindu — Sci-Tech · 5 NovConsider the following statements regarding India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and its demographic implications:
Statements
- The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) measures the average number of children a woman would bear over her reproductive lifetime, and a TFR of 2.1 is considered the replacement-level rate at which a population sustains itself without growth or decline.
- The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) and the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) measure the same demographic phenomenon and can be used interchangeably when assessing whether a population is replacing itself across generations.
- A country whose TFR falls below replacement level will necessarily experience an immediate decline in its total population size.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?