Fertility in Malawi, 2021

Malawi
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi was 3.79 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 642,826 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.79
Births
642,826
Births per 1,000 people
32.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
20,047,258
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
10-142.00.3%2,777
15-19116.515.4%135,960
20-24193.125.5%186,733
25-29166.722.0%138,028
30-34132.917.5%97,183
35-3995.912.6%60,297
40-4440.75.4%18,543
45-4910.51.4%3,188
50-540.50.1%116