Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1966

India
1966
Total fertility rate: 5.88
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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.88 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 20,632,991 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.88
Births
20,632,991
Births per 1,000 people
41.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
500,740,247
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
10-1411.71.0%335,518
15-19159.913.6%3,667,991
20-24297.525.4%5,652,044
25-29278.323.7%4,874,414
30-34216.918.5%3,419,194
35-39137.011.7%1,867,474
40-4458.35.0%685,618
45-4912.21.0%125,150
50-540.60.1%5,589