Fertility in Malawi, 2008

Malawi
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.61 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 594,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.61
Births
594,896
Births per 1,000 people
42.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.3
Population
13,976,418
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
10-145.00.4%4,477
15-19149.413.3%119,675
20-24257.422.9%183,067
25-29233.020.7%133,795
30-34205.918.3%78,494
35-39156.313.9%46,465
40-4485.37.6%22,455
45-4930.12.7%6,192
50-541.80.2%275