This is a list of the states and union territories of India ranked in order of number of children born for each woman.

Recent surveys show that in majority of Indian states, fertility rate has fallen well below the replacement level of 2.1 and the country is fast approaching the replacement level itself.^[1] The total fertility rate of India in 2017 stood at 2.2.^[2] Due to the large population, poverty and strain on resources, the Indian government initiated population control efforts to decrease birth rate with the current target being at 2.1 children per woman.^[3] According to data from National Family Health Survey-5, India's total fertility rate dropped below the replacement level of 2.1, and currently stands at 2.0.^[4]

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Total Fertility Rate Yearwise

Rank	State/UT	Fertility rate 2021	Fertility rate 1981[2]	Fertility rate 1991[2]	Fertility rate 1999[6]	Fertility rate 2009 [2]	Fertility rate 2017[7]	Fertility rate 2020 [8]	Change (1981–99)	Change (1999-16)
1	Sikkim	1.1	-	-	2.5	2.1	1.2	1.1
2	Jammu and Kashmir	1.4	4.5	-	-	2.53	1.6	1.4
3	West Bengal	1.6	4.2	3.2	2.4	1.9	1.8	1.6
4	Delhi	1.6	-	2.1	1.6	1.9	1.57	1.6
5	Punjab	1.6	4.6	3.1	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.5
6	Andhra Pradesh	1.7	4.0*	3.0*	2.4*	1.8*	1.8	1.7	0.8	1.0
7	Himachal Pradesh	1.7	3.8	3.1	2.4	2.0	1.9	1.7
8	Karnataka	1.7	3.6	3.1	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.5
9	Maharashtra	1.7	3.6	3.0	2.7	1.9	1.7	1.7
10	Kerala	1.8	2.4	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.7	0.7
11	Telangana	1.8	4.0*	3.0*	2.4*	1.8*	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.6
12	Chhattisgarh	1.8	-	-	3.7	3.0	2.4	2.4
13	Odisha	1.8	4.3	3.3	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.9
14	Tamil Nadu	1.8	3.4	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.2
15	Assam	1.9	4.1	3.5	3.2	2.6	2.3	1.9
16	Gujarat	1.9	4.3	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.2	1.9
17	Haryana	1.9	5.0	4.0	3.2	2.5	2.2	2.1
18	Uttarakhand	1.9	-	-	-	2.6	1.9	1.8
19	Madhya Pradesh	2.0	5.2	4.6	3.9	3.3	2.7	2.6
20	Rajasthan	2.0	5.2	4.6	4.2	3.3	2.7	2.4
–	India	2.0	4.5	3.8	3.2	2.6	2.2	2.0	0.14	0.74
21	Jharkhand	2.3	-	-	3.7	3.2	2.5	2.5
22	Uttar Pradesh	2.4	5.8	5.1	4.7	3.7	2.7	2.4
23	Bihar	3.0	5.7	4.4	4.5	3.9	3.2	3.0
24	Meghalaya	-	-	-	-	3.1	2.9	2.9
25	Goa	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.8	1.3	0.1	0.2
26	Tripura	-	-	-	3.9	1.7	1.7	1.7
27	Nagaland	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.7
28	Mizoram	-	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	1.9
29	Arunachal Pradesh	-	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	1.7
30	Manipur	-	-	-	2.4	1.5	1.4	2.2
–	Union Territories	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Andaman & Nicobar	-	-	-	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.3
2	Lakshadweep	-	6.3	4.8	3.8	2.6	1.9	1.4		0.2
3	Chandigarh	-	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.6
4	Puduchery	-	-	-	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.6
5	Daman & Diu	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.8
6	Ladakh	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3	-
7	Dadra Nagar Haveli	-	-	-	3.5	3.3	2.3	1.8

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Country comparisons use data from the Population Reference Bureau.

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