Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 1998

Malawi
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 6.21 children per woman in 1998 — 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 29.1 years old. In total, 494,919 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.21
Births
494,919
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
10,792,876
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
10-149.20.7%6,288
15-19151.812.2%88,548
20-24280.922.6%132,278
25-29261.721.1%109,743
30-34223.318.0%82,721
35-39170.213.7%48,251
40-44104.98.4%20,801
45-4937.63.0%5,929
50-542.40.2%363