Fertility in Malawi, 1980

Malawi
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 7.52 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (312 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 330,225 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.52
Births
330,225
Births per 1,000 people
52.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
6,265,529
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
10-1417.71.2%6,645
15-19178.711.9%57,109
20-24311.720.7%82,532
25-29308.520.5%65,068
30-34278.318.5%54,385
35-39226.615.1%39,317
40-44141.49.4%20,390
45-4938.42.6%4,556
50-542.30.2%225