Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1972

India
1972
Total fertility rate: 5.48
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.48 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 22,509,830 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.48
Births
22,509,830
Births per 1,000 people
39.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
570,482,142
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
10-1411.01.0%360,810
15-19164.815.0%4,752,887
20-24289.226.4%6,722,924
25-29261.123.8%4,854,274
30-34195.217.8%3,288,030
35-39116.510.6%1,788,638
40-4446.34.2%615,507
45-4910.71.0%121,183
50-540.60.1%5,576