Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1979

India
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.81
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.81 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 24,833,593 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.81
Births
24,833,593
Births per 1,000 people
37.0
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
671,155,746
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
10-1411.21.2%422,631
15-19155.816.2%5,267,809
20-24279.029.0%8,287,531
25-29231.624.1%5,787,175
30-34156.716.3%3,005,546
35-3987.99.1%1,464,122
40-4431.83.3%489,182
45-497.80.8%104,257
50-540.50.0%5,337