Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2014

India
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India was 2.29 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 25,050,538 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
25,050,538
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.1
Population
1,312,277,191
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
10-140.40.1%24,941
15-1928.86.3%1,736,984
20-24179.239.0%10,391,132
25-29146.131.8%7,992,220
30-3470.415.3%3,455,271
35-3924.55.3%1,057,209
40-448.61.9%331,061
45-491.50.3%51,615
50-540.30.1%10,110