Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1982

India
1982
Total fertility rate: 4.62
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.62 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 26,221,359 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.62
Births
26,221,359
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
720,313,473
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
10-1411.11.2%442,708
15-19161.017.4%5,777,550
20-24274.129.6%8,723,129
25-29221.824.0%6,141,003
30-34143.815.5%3,195,317
35-3978.28.4%1,385,873
40-4428.43.1%451,841
45-496.90.7%98,929
50-540.40.0%5,011