Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1973

Malawi
1973
Total fertility rate: 7.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.34 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (307 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 266,214 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.34
Births
266,214
Births per 1,000 people
53.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
5,003,938
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
10-1417.81.2%5,281
15-19178.012.1%43,038
20-24297.520.3%60,921
25-29307.521.0%61,032
30-34270.318.4%45,256
35-39223.015.2%31,289
40-44133.99.1%15,614
45-4937.22.5%3,608
50-542.10.1%177