Fertility in Malawi, 2018

Malawi
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 4.02 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (202 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 615,627 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.02
Births
615,627
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
18,528,081
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
10-142.10.3%2,700
15-19122.415.2%127,513
20-24201.925.1%178,002
25-29175.721.8%136,026
30-34140.617.5%95,547
35-39103.312.8%56,023
40-4444.55.5%15,793
45-4914.11.8%3,848
50-540.70.1%175