Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2004

Malawi
2004
Total fertility rate: 5.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.86 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 549,595 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.86
Births
549,595
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.5
Population
12,500,737
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
10-147.10.6%5,819
15-19156.413.3%111,273
20-24266.322.7%165,547
25-29246.721.0%113,640
30-34210.717.9%74,701
35-39160.113.6%49,676
40-4493.27.9%22,935
45-4932.92.8%5,733
50-542.00.2%269