Fertility in Malawi, 2016

Malawi
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 4.22 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 600,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.22
Births
600,917
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
17,557,739
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
10-142.40.3%2,819
15-19125.114.8%121,812
20-24209.224.8%174,964
25-29183.521.7%135,912
30-34147.917.5%94,499
35-39108.612.9%50,644
40-4449.35.8%15,370
45-4917.72.1%4,669
50-541.00.1%229