Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1966

Malawi
1966
Total fertility rate: 7.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.17 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (309 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 227,762 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.17
Births
227,762
Births per 1,000 people
54.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
4,197,926
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
10-1417.11.2%3,998
15-19157.611.0%33,703
20-24293.520.4%58,662
25-29308.921.5%51,687
30-34267.718.6%37,376
35-39223.515.5%26,218
40-44130.69.1%12,745
45-4936.62.5%3,209
50-542.30.2%160