Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1988

India
1988
Total fertility rate: 4.22
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.22 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.9 years old. In total, 28,040,342 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.22
Births
28,040,342
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
25.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
827,342,990
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
10-149.91.2%450,459
15-19144.017.0%5,823,540
20-24274.732.5%9,884,148
25-29208.124.6%6,651,594
30-34121.014.3%3,382,839
35-3959.27.0%1,362,516
40-4421.92.6%388,783
45-495.80.7%90,540
50-540.40.1%5,925