Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1953

India
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.87 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 16,501,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
16,501,176
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
370,104,574
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
10-1411.51.0%220,966
15-19152.513.0%2,763,570
20-24291.824.9%4,680,259
25-29276.423.5%3,857,115
30-34218.318.6%2,683,795
35-39145.212.4%1,572,740
40-4465.95.6%626,048
45-4911.71.0%93,328
50-540.50.0%3,358