Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2006

India
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 2.87 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 27,637,610 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
27,637,610
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,172,878,890
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
10-142.80.5%164,098
15-1955.89.7%3,192,869
20-24219.038.1%11,512,005
25-29164.628.6%7,623,947
30-3480.514.0%3,327,589
35-3935.46.2%1,291,475
40-4414.02.4%455,013
45-492.20.4%62,320
50-540.30.1%8,296