Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1993

India
1993
Total fertility rate: 3.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.80 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 28,374,418 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.80
Births
28,374,418
Births per 1,000 people
30.8
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.9
Population
922,118,387
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
10-148.71.1%437,245
15-19135.417.8%6,076,094
20-24251.633.1%10,038,974
25-29189.624.9%6,719,221
30-34104.713.8%3,293,682
35-3949.46.5%1,358,654
40-4416.52.2%371,351
45-494.30.6%74,555
50-540.30.0%4,639