Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1971

India
1971
Total fertility rate: 5.56
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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.56 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 22,169,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.56
Births
22,169,873
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
558,096,387
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
10-1410.71.0%343,532
15-19162.914.7%4,568,882
20-24290.026.1%6,444,407
25-29265.723.9%4,851,400
30-34200.618.0%3,369,086
35-39121.210.9%1,827,877
40-4449.04.4%636,343
45-4911.01.0%122,777
50-540.60.1%5,571