Fertility in Malawi, 2020

Malawi
2020
Total fertility rate: 3.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 3.88 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 635,555 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.88
Births
635,555
Births per 1,000 people
32.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
19,533,888
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%2,738
15-19118.815.3%133,164
20-24196.825.4%184,288
25-29170.221.9%137,671
30-34135.817.5%97,105
35-3998.512.7%59,523
40-4442.05.4%17,582
45-4911.61.5%3,348
50-540.50.1%134