Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1997

Malawi
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 6.23 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 485,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.23
Births
485,873
Births per 1,000 people
46.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
10,562,035
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
10-149.50.8%6,363
15-19150.612.1%85,170
20-24281.222.6%130,021
25-29263.721.2%110,579
30-34223.918.0%81,111
35-39169.913.6%45,855
40-44106.68.6%20,310
45-4938.23.1%6,080
50-542.60.2%387