Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2007

India
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 2.78 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 27,304,621 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
27,304,621
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,190,676,021
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
10-142.40.4%142,726
15-1952.09.3%3,001,591
20-24215.738.8%11,564,734
25-29161.028.9%7,628,596
30-3476.713.8%3,235,403
35-3933.36.0%1,241,430
40-4412.62.3%418,386
45-492.20.4%62,910
50-540.40.1%8,847