Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 1999

India
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.38 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (236 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 28,790,310 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.38
Births
28,790,310
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,038,225,823
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
10-146.00.9%337,973
15-19116.917.3%5,977,588
20-24236.434.9%10,668,327
25-29172.425.5%6,931,933
30-3490.013.3%3,206,191
35-3939.25.8%1,242,964
40-4412.91.9%358,125
45-492.70.4%63,555
50-540.20.0%3,651