Fertility in India (1950–2100)

India
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India is projected at 1.93 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 22,988,461 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
22,988,461
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
1,476,625,576
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%8,087
15-1911.22.9%672,016
20-24121.731.5%7,475,790
25-29137.835.6%8,297,354
30-3478.220.2%4,515,501
35-3927.47.1%1,506,561
40-449.12.3%456,686
45-491.10.3%47,362
50-540.20.1%9,101