Fertility in Malawi, 2005

Malawi
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.85 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 564,999 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.85
Births
564,999
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.4
Population
12,840,031
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
10-146.80.6%5,666
15-19158.413.5%116,334
20-24265.322.6%171,500
25-29244.420.8%118,389
30-34210.618.0%74,388
35-39160.613.7%49,374
40-4492.47.9%23,290
45-4932.02.7%5,798
50-541.90.2%261