Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1963

Malawi
1963
Total fertility rate: 7.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.13 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 212,100 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.13
Births
212,100
Births per 1,000 people
54.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
3,900,506
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
10-1420.91.5%4,607
15-19155.110.9%33,454
20-24289.720.3%53,196
25-29306.421.5%47,382
30-34265.518.6%34,305
35-39221.815.5%24,020
40-44128.19.0%12,015
45-4937.22.6%2,982
50-542.40.2%138