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Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
ET Graphics: India ranks 7th globally for cross-border land & development investments in Q1 2025
ET Bureau ET Bureau ET Bureau (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel India ranked seventh among global destinations for cross-border investments in land and development in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from Canada-based professional services from Colliers. It was among the seven Asia-Pacific APAC ) markets that dominated the top 10 global destinations for such investments. Singapore , Japan and Hong Kong were among the top global sources of capital, while Japan and Australia led investments in land and development assets.
Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
ET Graphics: India's fertility rate falls to 1.9, now below the replacement rate of 2.1
ET Bureau ET Bureau (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel While India continues to be the most populous country, with an estimated 1.46 billion people in 2025, the country's total fertility rate (TRF) has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1, according to a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released on Tuesday. As per the 2021 Sample Registration System (SRS) report, the country's TFR is 2.0 children per woman, meaning that, on average, a woman would be expected to have two children during her childbearing years (typically ages 15- 49). This fi gure was 2.3 in rate below the replacement level means that women are having fewer children than needed to maintain the population size from one generation to the next, without migration. The UN report placed India in a group of middle-income countries undergoing rapid demographic change , with population doubling time now estimated at 79 years. Here's a look:
