PETALING JAYA: Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang are the only states still producing enough babies to replenish their respective populations amid a rapid decline in Malaysia’s fertility rates.
According to the Statistics Department, 13 states and federal territories have total fertility rates (TFRs) that have dropped below the replacement level of 2.1 babies for every female aged 15 to 49 years.
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