Fertility in Malawi, 1961

Malawi
1961
Total fertility rate: 7.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.07 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (304 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 200,519 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.07
Births
200,519
Births per 1,000 people
54.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
3,715,534
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
10-1423.61.7%5,217
15-19151.110.7%31,349
20-24286.420.2%50,037
25-29303.821.5%44,391
30-34263.318.6%32,380
35-39219.815.5%22,571
40-44127.39.0%11,765
45-4937.12.6%2,683
50-542.40.2%123