World Bank · Health

India: Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49)

56.40percent · 2021+493.7% since 1971

Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Annual figures for India from 1971 to 2021.