Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2011

India
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 2.53 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 26,681,991 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
26,681,991
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.5
Population
1,261,224,954
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
10-140.90.2%57,593
15-1940.88.0%2,416,191
20-24203.440.1%11,509,019
25-29155.630.6%8,063,318
30-3469.113.6%3,155,971
35-3926.65.2%1,082,736
40-449.11.8%328,630
45-491.80.4%58,421
50-540.40.1%10,113