Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1956

Malawi
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 6.89 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 172,196 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.89
Births
172,196
Births per 1,000 people
51.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
3,315,298
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
10-1421.71.6%4,667
15-19144.810.5%26,295
20-24278.020.2%42,461
25-29297.221.6%38,314
30-34257.618.7%27,793
35-39214.715.6%20,918
40-44126.19.1%9,648
45-4936.52.6%1,990
50-542.20.2%107