Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1992

India
1992
Total fertility rate: 3.88
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-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.88 children per woman in 1992 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 28,365,203 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.88
Births
28,365,203
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
902,957,070
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
10-148.61.1%423,266
15-19140.218.1%6,176,394
20-24258.333.3%10,083,075
25-29191.124.6%6,638,530
30-34106.513.7%3,275,890
35-3949.46.4%1,320,307
40-4417.12.2%364,749
45-494.60.6%78,146
50-540.30.0%4,847