Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2003

Malawi
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.88 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 534,862 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.88
Births
534,862
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.6
Population
12,181,574
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
10-148.10.7%6,450
15-19154.313.1%106,131
20-24266.922.7%158,651
25-29248.221.1%109,749
30-34211.718.0%75,935
35-39159.513.5%49,701
40-4493.27.9%22,284
45-4933.72.9%5,682
50-542.00.2%280