Fertility in Malawi (1950–2100)

Malawi
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi is projected at 3.45 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.5 years old. In total, 692,256 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.45
Births
692,256
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
22,785,535
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
10-141.80.3%2,502
15-19111.816.2%151,367
20-24180.726.1%208,958
25-29153.522.2%147,139
30-34119.717.3%98,199
35-3984.312.2%60,899
40-4432.24.7%19,885
45-497.21.0%3,223
50-540.30.0%82