Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2011

Malawi
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 5.08 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 605,872 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.08
Births
605,872
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.8
Population
15,265,022
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
10-143.50.3%3,456
15-19140.713.8%119,484
20-24240.723.6%182,128
25-29217.521.4%142,693
30-34185.818.2%89,391
35-39132.513.0%42,958
40-4469.46.8%19,132
45-4927.02.7%6,325
50-541.80.2%303