Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2004

India
2004
Total fertility rate: 3.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 3.05 children per woman in 2004 — 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 25.8 years old. In total, 28,537,736 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
28,537,736
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.4
Population
1,135,991,513
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
10-143.40.5%197,550
15-1983.513.7%4,680,425
20-24227.037.2%11,447,433
25-29163.426.8%7,259,641
30-3482.013.4%3,244,651
35-3935.55.8%1,242,793
40-4412.82.1%400,177
45-492.20.4%59,489
50-540.20.0%5,579