India has a growing population of 1.2 billion, but fewer Indians are using contraceptives than they were a decade ago, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government health data.

In 10 of 14 states surveyed, use of any modern method of family planning, among women of child-bearing age (15 to 49), decreased 6 percent over ten years, despite a greater awareness of birth-control methods and an improvement in family planning services, according to our comparison of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data from 2005-06 and 2015-16.

India’s population, now estimated at 1.32 billion, is expected to surpass China’s within the next six years and reach 1.7 billion by 2050, according to World Health Organization projections.