Fertility in Malawi, 2010

Malawi
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.26 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 603,227 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.26
Births
603,227
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.7
Population
14,826,463
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
10-143.90.4%3,698
15-19143.913.6%119,648
20-24246.023.3%182,627
25-29222.121.1%140,632
30-34193.018.3%85,689
35-39140.913.4%43,842
40-4475.07.1%20,433
45-4928.22.7%6,362
50-541.80.2%296