Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1994

India
1994
Total fertility rate: 3.72
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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.72 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 28,512,692 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.72
Births
28,512,692
Births per 1,000 people
30.3
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.4
Population
941,163,767
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
10-147.91.1%405,931
15-19136.018.3%6,218,744
20-24251.433.7%10,258,952
25-29185.924.9%6,719,350
30-3499.313.3%3,197,777
35-3945.26.1%1,276,731
40-4415.12.0%357,985
45-494.10.5%72,864
50-540.30.0%4,357