Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1954

Malawi
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 6.80 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 161,659 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.80
Births
161,659
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
3,181,529
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
10-1421.41.6%4,356
15-19141.810.4%24,479
20-24274.320.1%39,819
25-29294.221.6%36,063
30-34254.818.7%26,651
35-39213.115.6%19,794
40-44124.99.2%8,570
45-4935.22.6%1,815
50-542.30.2%111