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===India=== In the [[Indian subcontinent]], early [[marriage]] sometimes results in adolescent pregnancy, particularly in [[rural]] regions where the rate is much higher than it is in [[urbanization|urbanized]] areas. In 2008, teen pregnancy in [[India]] was high, with 62 pregnant teens out of every 1,000 women.<ref name="Teen pregnancies higher in India than even UK, US">{{cite news|last=Dawan|first=Himanshi|title=Teen pregnancies higher in India than even UK, US|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com//articleshow/3711379.cms?intenttarget=no|access-date=2 May 2013|newspaper=The Economic times|date=28 November 2008}}</ref> India is fast approaching to be the most populous country in the world by 2050 and increasing teenage pregnancy, an important factor for the population rise, is likely to aggravate the problems.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kumar A, Singh T, Basu S, Pandey S, Bhargava V | title = Outcome of teenage pregnancy | journal = Indian Journal of Pediatrics | volume = 74 | issue = 10 | pages = 927β931 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17978452 | doi = 10.1007/s12098-007-0171-2 | s2cid = 37537112 }}</ref>
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