Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2006

Malawi
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.80 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 577,507 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
577,507
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.3
Population
13,198,701
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
10-146.10.5%5,265
15-19156.813.5%118,807
20-24263.922.7%176,603
25-29241.220.7%123,589
30-34210.718.1%75,096
35-39160.313.8%48,640
40-4490.77.8%23,280
45-4931.62.7%5,963
50-541.90.2%265