Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2012

India
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 2.47 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 26,432,416 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
26,432,416
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.2
Population
1,278,674,502
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
10-140.70.1%45,578
15-1939.58.0%2,355,038
20-24199.740.3%11,403,825
25-29152.930.9%8,086,374
30-3467.213.6%3,139,939
35-3924.55.0%1,020,315
40-448.61.7%315,176
45-491.70.3%55,906
50-540.40.1%10,264