Fertility in India, 2029

India
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India is projected at 1.89 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 22,649,125 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
22,649,125
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
1,513,423,731
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
10-140.10.0%5,387
15-199.22.4%545,726
20-24113.530.0%6,808,287
25-29137.636.3%8,437,472
30-3480.921.3%4,766,722
35-3927.57.3%1,554,217
40-448.92.4%474,865
45-491.00.3%47,243
50-540.20.1%9,205