Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2014

Malawi
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 4.57 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 606,730 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.57
Births
606,730
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
16,621,538
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
10-142.90.3%3,126
15-19132.114.4%121,051
20-24222.624.3%178,233
25-29198.121.6%140,546
30-34161.917.7%95,084
35-39117.412.8%46,338
40-4457.26.2%16,528
45-4921.82.4%5,545
50-541.40.2%276