Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1996

Malawi
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 6.28 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 478,411 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.28
Births
478,411
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
10,352,228
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
10-149.10.7%5,995
15-19146.811.7%80,311
20-24281.822.4%128,779
25-29267.021.2%111,746
30-34228.118.2%80,317
35-39173.913.8%44,567
40-44108.28.6%19,928
45-4939.13.1%6,369
50-542.70.2%399