Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1954

India
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.91 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 16,903,335 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.91
Births
16,903,335
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
378,687,138
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%222,417
15-19153.913.0%2,824,315
20-24294.224.9%4,811,324
25-29278.523.6%3,959,647
30-34219.918.6%2,743,471
35-39145.812.3%1,606,268
40-4466.05.6%635,042
45-4911.81.0%97,341
50-540.50.0%3,512