Fertility in Malawi, 2017

Malawi
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 4.11 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (205 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 607,619 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.11
Births
607,619
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
18,039,715
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
10-142.20.3%2,734
15-19123.515.0%124,334
20-24205.224.9%175,979
25-29179.421.8%135,960
30-34144.117.5%95,056
35-39106.212.9%53,667
40-4446.75.7%15,456
45-4915.81.9%4,231
50-540.90.1%202