Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1952

India
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.82 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 16,082,888 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.82
Births
16,082,888
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
361,874,903
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
10-1411.41.0%219,764
15-19151.413.0%2,697,632
20-24289.324.8%4,542,210
25-29274.123.5%3,754,204
30-34216.518.6%2,623,392
35-39144.412.4%1,536,706
40-4465.75.6%617,193
45-4911.61.0%88,503
50-540.50.0%3,280