Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1983

India
1983
Total fertility rate: 4.57
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.57 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 26,637,447 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.57
Births
26,637,447
Births per 1,000 people
36.1
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
737,372,680
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
10-1410.81.2%442,849
15-19159.517.4%5,832,554
20-24273.429.9%8,893,551
25-29220.424.1%6,273,458
30-34139.915.3%3,276,965
35-3975.48.2%1,368,500
40-4427.93.0%447,364
45-496.60.7%97,243
50-540.40.0%4,963