Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1985

India
1985
Total fertility rate: 4.43
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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.43 children per woman in 1985 — 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 26.0 years old. In total, 27,366,950 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.43
Births
27,366,950
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
772,647,793
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
10-1410.51.2%448,215
15-19158.417.9%6,018,691
20-24276.431.1%9,390,956
25-29212.724.0%6,355,491
30-34128.914.5%3,283,251
35-3968.17.7%1,344,492
40-4425.92.9%427,835
45-496.10.7%93,003
50-540.40.0%5,018