Elon Musk is commenting on population trends in India, pointing to a report that suggests the country’s birth rate has fallen below the replacement level for the first time. NDTV reports that Musk flagged the issue while referencing figures shared by a media outlet, which stated that India’s fertility rate has dropped below replacement. The claim, as described in the coverage, indicates that the number of births is now insufficient to maintain the population at the same level without future changes such as migration or later fertility increases. The Economic Times headline similarly frames Musk’s remarks as indicating India’s birth rate is below replacement. Across the available reports, the common element is Musk’s use of third-party data to highlight a historic shift in India’s fertility trends. The coverage does not provide further methodological details in the excerpts, but it consistently attributes the underlying numbers to the reporting media outlet Musk referenced, rather than to a direct dataset released by him.