Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2007

Malawi
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.72 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 587,503 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.72
Births
587,503
Births per 1,000 people
43.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.3
Population
13,576,343
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
10-145.70.5%5,031
15-19153.413.4%119,703
20-24261.422.8%180,473
25-29237.820.7%129,103
30-34208.518.2%76,101
35-39159.413.9%47,721
40-4488.37.7%22,981
45-4931.12.7%6,121
50-541.90.2%271