Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1968

India
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.76
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.76 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 21,162,298 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.76
Births
21,162,298
Births per 1,000 people
40.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
522,716,888
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%353,776
15-19161.614.1%4,075,726
20-24293.525.5%5,798,031
25-29273.423.8%4,824,173
30-34211.118.4%3,444,863
35-39131.211.4%1,866,448
40-4454.84.8%668,754
45-4911.81.0%124,855
50-540.60.1%5,674