Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1996

India
1996
Total fertility rate: 3.58
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.58 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.4 years old. In total, 28,623,284 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.58
Births
28,623,284
Births per 1,000 people
29.2
Mean age of mothers
25.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.0
Population
979,678,458
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
10-146.60.9%356,074
15-19126.817.7%6,047,515
20-24248.234.7%10,570,436
25-29183.425.6%6,898,346
30-3493.113.0%3,123,747
35-3940.95.7%1,209,132
40-4413.51.9%344,008
45-493.50.5%69,931
50-540.30.0%4,094