Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1964

India
1964
Total fertility rate: 5.98
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-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.98 children per woman in 1964 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 20,156,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
20,156,989
Births per 1,000 people
42.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
479,229,598
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
10-1411.10.9%299,784
15-19157.313.2%3,306,548
20-24301.925.3%5,572,161
25-29283.723.7%4,889,377
30-34222.918.7%3,388,057
35-39142.912.0%1,869,015
40-4461.95.2%702,898
45-4912.51.0%123,709
50-540.60.1%5,442