In India, during the time period of 30 years between 1981 and 2011, although there was an increase of 52.7 crore people, but, in this period, there has been a continuous slow growth in the birth rate in India. The average annual exponential growth of population in the country in 1981 – 91 was 2.14%, which reduced to 1.95% in 1991 – 2001, and further reduced to 1.64% in 2001 – 11.
On the other hand, in 1.981, infant birth rate was 38 per thousand, which reduced to 26 per thousand by 2001. Similarly, in 1981, infant mortality rate was 15 per thousand, which reduced to 8 per thousand by 2001.