Fertility in Malawi, 2019

Malawi
2019
Total fertility rate: 3.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 3.95 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 625,978 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.95
Births
625,978
Births per 1,000 people
32.9
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
19,025,752
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%2,717
15-19120.615.2%130,136
20-24199.425.2%181,048
25-29173.121.9%136,844
30-34138.417.5%96,604
35-39101.112.8%58,203
40-4443.65.5%16,745
45-4912.61.6%3,530
50-540.60.1%151