Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1973

India
1973
Total fertility rate: 5.40
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.40 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 22,929,811 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.40
Births
22,929,811
Births per 1,000 people
39.3
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
583,465,598
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
10-1411.31.0%379,886
15-19166.815.4%4,938,872
20-24287.526.6%7,031,260
25-29256.223.7%4,866,493
30-34190.617.6%3,226,950
35-39112.610.4%1,761,458
40-4444.24.1%601,493
45-4910.20.9%117,966
50-540.50.1%5,431