Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2003

India
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.12 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 28,794,442 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.12
Births
28,794,442
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,116,803,006
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
10-143.90.6%228,962
15-1997.415.6%5,381,012
20-24227.236.4%11,195,455
25-29162.826.1%7,104,567
30-3482.813.3%3,207,892
35-3936.25.8%1,243,887
40-4412.11.9%368,528
45-492.30.4%59,743
50-540.20.0%4,394