Fertility in Malawi, 2000

Malawi
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 6.00 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 504,370 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.00
Births
504,370
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.0
Population
11,315,942
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
10-149.30.8%6,773
15-19154.712.9%96,683
20-24272.922.7%138,691
25-29253.721.1%106,221
30-34215.817.9%80,624
35-39159.313.2%48,204
40-4497.98.1%21,053
45-4936.73.1%5,788
50-542.30.2%333