Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1978

India
1978
Total fertility rate: 4.89
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.89 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 24,359,834 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.89
Births
24,359,834
Births per 1,000 people
37.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
655,728,229
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
10-1410.61.1%392,877
15-19148.015.1%4,898,886
20-24281.628.8%8,171,412
25-29237.924.3%5,686,251
30-34164.516.8%3,051,276
35-3992.89.5%1,529,659
40-4434.13.5%515,842
45-498.30.8%108,017
50-540.50.1%5,611