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The state's total fertility rate has dropped in recent years. Taniya Dutta / The National
The state's total fertility rate has dropped in recent years. Taniya Dutta / The National
India's population is booming, but the tiny Sikkim state is bucking the trend
Fertility rate dropped by more than half between 1999 and 2020