Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1991

India
1991
Total fertility rate: 3.96
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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.96 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 28,305,721 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.96
Births
28,305,721
Births per 1,000 people
32.0
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
883,927,600
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
10-148.31.0%397,165
15-19141.517.9%6,110,118
20-24264.533.4%10,108,383
25-29195.124.6%6,650,945
30-34108.013.6%3,246,343
35-3951.46.5%1,331,263
40-4418.42.3%374,145
45-495.00.6%82,323
50-540.30.0%5,037