Fertility rate: India
1.975 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.975 |
| 2022 | 1.994 |
| 2021 | 2.014 |
| 2020 | 2.047 |
| 2019 | 2.12 |
| 2018 | 2.184 |
| 2017 | 2.193 |
| 2016 | 2.284 |
| 2015 | 2.289 |
| 2014 | 2.293 |
| 2013 | 2.399 |
| 2012 | 2.47 |
| 2011 | 2.532 |
| 2010 | 2.598 |
| 2009 | 2.674 |
| 2008 | 2.711 |
| 2007 | 2.775 |
| 2006 | 2.867 |
| 2005 | 2.958 |
| 2004 | 3.046 |
| 2003 | 3.122 |
| 2002 | 3.217 |
| 2001 | 3.303 |
| 2000 | 3.35 |
| 1999 | 3.383 |
| 1998 | 3.446 |
| 1997 | 3.514 |
| 1996 | 3.582 |
| 1995 | 3.651 |
| 1994 | 3.723 |
| 1993 | 3.799 |
| 1992 | 3.877 |
| 1991 | 3.959 |
| 1990 | 4.045 |
| 1989 | 4.132 |
| 1988 | 4.222 |
| 1987 | 4.311 |
| 1986 | 4.399 |
| 1985 | 4.432 |
| 1984 | 4.516 |
| 1983 | 4.565 |
| 1982 | 4.62 |
| 1981 | 4.698 |
| 1980 | 4.775 |
| 1979 | 4.808 |
| 1978 | 4.888 |
| 1977 | 5.007 |
| 1976 | 5.13 |
| 1975 | 5.195 |
| 1974 | 5.325 |
| 1973 | 5.402 |
| 1972 | 5.482 |
| 1971 | 5.565 |
| 1970 | 5.624 |
| 1969 | 5.684 |
| 1968 | 5.76 |
| 1967 | 5.825 |
| 1966 | 5.881 |
| 1965 | 5.941 |
| 1964 | 5.979 |
| 1963 | 5.969 |
| 1962 | 5.953 |
| 1961 | 5.937 |
| 1960 | 5.921 |
| 1959 | 5.892 |
| 1958 | 5.903 |
| 1957 | 5.913 |
| 1956 | 5.913 |
| 1955 | 5.911 |
| 1954 | 5.906 |
| 1953 | 5.865 |
| 1952 | 5.821 |
| 1951 | 5.772 |
| 1950 | 5.732 |