India's Population to Stabilise by 2080

India's population is expected to stop growing and stay around 1.8 to 1.9 billion by the year 2080.

This is because people are having fewer children.

In the year 2000, the average number of children per woman was 3.5, but now it is 1.9.

This change is happening because more people are educated, especially women, and they are using birth control to plan their families.

States like Kerala and West Bengal already have very low numbers of children per woman.

While fewer children are being born, people are living longer, which means there will be more older people who need care.

Experts are discussing ways to help with this, like day-care centers for the elderly.