Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in India, 2042

India
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of India is projected at 1.79 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 20,330,311 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
20,330,311
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,637,235,357
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
10-140.00.0%1,231
15-194.31.2%233,201
20-2487.624.4%4,751,161
25-29136.838.1%7,696,097
30-3491.925.6%5,382,324
35-3928.47.9%1,699,829
40-448.62.4%514,337
45-490.80.2%42,727
50-540.20.0%9,402