Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1958

India
1958
Total fertility rate: 5.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.90 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 18,053,425 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.90
Births
18,053,425
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
415,777,442
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%240,011
15-19155.113.1%2,918,633
20-24295.525.0%5,185,360
25-29279.123.6%4,307,481
30-34220.018.6%2,942,515
35-39144.012.2%1,687,404
40-4464.55.5%661,821
45-4911.81.0%105,768
50-540.60.1%4,433