Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2002

India
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.22 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 29,128,217 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.22
Births
29,128,217
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.1
Population
1,097,600,380
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
10-144.50.7%261,335
15-19105.116.3%5,716,523
20-24230.135.7%11,085,441
25-29165.825.8%7,108,484
30-3486.613.5%3,285,872
35-3936.95.7%1,246,092
40-4412.11.9%360,360
45-492.30.4%60,038
50-540.20.0%4,072