Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1981

India
1981
Total fertility rate: 4.70
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.70 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 25,868,440 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.70
Births
25,868,440
Births per 1,000 people
36.8
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
703,696,250
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
10-1411.01.2%430,156
15-19160.417.0%5,649,724
20-24275.929.3%8,586,525
25-29225.123.9%6,043,399
30-34149.915.9%3,168,135
35-3982.18.7%1,420,954
40-4429.43.1%465,005
45-497.10.8%99,550
50-540.40.0%4,990