Fertility in Malawi, 2001

Malawi
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.94 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 512,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.94
Births
512,168
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.9
Population
11,593,058
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
10-149.00.8%6,775
15-19153.812.9%99,339
20-24270.122.7%144,718
25-29251.921.1%106,206
30-34213.317.9%78,769
35-39158.913.3%48,868
40-4496.18.1%21,446
45-4935.73.0%5,740
50-542.10.2%307