With youth constituting 82.9% of total unemployment, fertility rate below replacement level since 2021 and working-age population set to decline by 57% during 2031-41, demographic dividend is over
Tamil Nadu's total fertility rate along with West Bengal’s is lowest in India. Kerala is slightly ahead with a TFR of 1.5. TN's TFR declined to 1.4 in 2020 from 1.8 recorded in the 2011 Census
