Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1989

India
1989
Total fertility rate: 4.13
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 4.13 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 28,154,987 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.13
Births
28,154,987
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
846,039,529
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
10-149.61.2%444,478
15-19145.017.5%5,995,628
20-24270.132.7%9,905,538
25-29204.124.7%6,670,168
30-34115.914.0%3,322,513
35-3955.96.8%1,345,975
40-4420.42.5%376,251
45-495.60.7%88,727
50-540.40.0%5,709