Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2002

Malawi
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.90 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 522,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.90
Births
522,207
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.7
Population
11,880,440
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
10-148.50.7%6,586
15-19152.712.9%101,745
20-24268.322.7%151,662
25-29250.521.2%107,525
30-34212.718.0%77,398
35-39159.113.4%49,408
40-4494.58.0%21,845
45-4935.03.0%5,740
50-542.10.2%296