Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1962

India
1962
Total fertility rate: 5.95
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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.95 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 19,422,986 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.95
Births
19,422,986
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
457,283,090
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%280,331
15-19156.313.1%3,120,678
20-24299.625.2%5,463,171
25-29282.023.7%4,712,218
30-34221.918.6%3,232,185
35-39143.312.0%1,802,009
40-4462.85.3%690,168
45-4912.31.0%117,051
50-540.60.1%5,179