Fertility in Malawi, 2015

Malawi
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 4.38 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 603,052 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.38
Births
603,052
Births per 1,000 people
35.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
17,085,587
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
10-142.60.3%2,973
15-19128.214.6%121,015
20-24216.024.6%176,619
25-29190.321.7%137,955
30-34154.217.6%94,890
35-39112.812.8%48,363
40-4453.16.0%15,839
45-4919.82.3%5,141
50-541.20.1%257