Fertility in Malawi, 2013

Malawi
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 4.76 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 609,651 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.76
Births
609,651
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.9
Population
16,161,816
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
10-143.10.3%3,211
15-19135.514.2%120,715
20-24229.124.0%180,079
25-29205.621.6%142,367
30-34170.617.9%94,710
35-39123.012.9%44,987
40-4461.66.5%17,425
45-4923.62.5%5,869
50-541.50.2%291