Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1987

India
1987
Total fertility rate: 4.31
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.31 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 27,860,879 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.31
Births
27,860,879
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
808,931,270
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
10-1410.11.2%449,178
15-19138.816.1%5,494,986
20-24280.532.5%9,898,948
25-29214.024.8%6,687,673
30-34126.114.6%3,426,201
35-3963.97.4%1,393,544
40-4423.82.8%411,917
45-496.00.7%92,211
50-540.50.1%6,222