Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1963

India
1963
Total fertility rate: 5.97
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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.97 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 19,783,962 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
19,783,962
Births per 1,000 people
42.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
468,138,575
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
10-1411.30.9%291,120
15-19157.313.2%3,204,546
20-24300.925.2%5,509,367
25-29283.023.7%4,809,970
30-34222.618.6%3,311,612
35-39143.212.0%1,835,067
40-4462.45.2%696,556
45-4912.41.0%120,425
50-540.60.1%5,300