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Population Trends

Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades, shows health ministry survey

Fertility rate among Muslims is only 0.36 points higher than that of Hindus, according to the latest National Family Health Survey.

Scroll Staff
· May 09, 2022 · 06:52 pm
India’s fertility rate declines to 2 from 2.2 in five years, shows government survey

The use of contraceptives also went up from 54% in 2015-’16 to 67% between 2019-’21.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 24, 2021 · 08:34 pm
Iran’s census claims 99.5% of its population is Muslim. Our survey reveals the truth

There has been a dramatic secularisation in Iranian society. Only 40% of citizens identify as Muslim, and only 32% explicitly identify as Shia, shows a survey.

Pooyan Tamimi Arab, The Conversation
&
Ammar Maleki, The Conversation
· Sep 17, 2020 · 11:30 pm

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