Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1998

India
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.45 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.4 years old. In total, 28,724,933 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.45
Births
28,724,933
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
25.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,018,665,080
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
10-146.30.9%351,501
15-19122.617.8%6,123,198
20-24238.434.6%10,559,317
25-29172.725.1%6,786,776
30-3492.313.4%3,221,210
35-3940.55.9%1,253,645
40-4413.41.9%362,763
45-492.90.4%63,123
50-540.20.0%3,402