Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1964

Malawi
1964
Total fertility rate: 7.11
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Year

-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.11 children per woman in 1964 — 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, 216,595 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.11
Births
216,595
Births per 1,000 people
54.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
3,997,305
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
10-1419.41.4%4,330
15-19156.411.0%33,959
20-24289.520.3%54,620
25-29305.821.5%48,598
30-34264.918.6%35,106
35-39221.315.5%24,647
40-44128.29.0%12,118
45-4936.92.6%3,074
50-542.40.2%145