Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1997

India
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.51 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.4 years old. In total, 28,659,995 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.51
Births
28,659,995
Births per 1,000 people
28.7
Mean age of mothers
25.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.2
Population
999,133,762
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
10-146.20.9%340,941
15-19122.617.4%5,979,522
20-24244.434.8%10,622,599
25-29179.725.6%6,907,419
30-3492.413.2%3,162,728
35-3940.55.8%1,224,832
40-4413.41.9%350,580
45-493.20.5%67,510
50-540.20.0%3,867