Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1976

India
1976
Total fertility rate: 5.13
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 5.13 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 23,935,743 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.13
Births
23,935,743
Births per 1,000 people
38.2
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
625,861,883
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
10-1410.81.0%384,411
15-19158.415.4%5,018,939
20-24282.627.5%7,732,653
25-29246.424.0%5,313,074
30-34178.717.4%3,160,716
35-39101.79.9%1,651,061
40-4438.33.7%555,494
45-499.20.9%113,891
50-540.50.1%5,509