Fertility in Malawi, 2022

Malawi
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 3.72 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 652,812 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.72
Births
652,812
Births per 1,000 people
31.7
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
20,568,728
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%2,789
15-19115.015.5%139,563
20-24190.625.6%190,550
25-29163.922.0%139,155
30-34130.417.5%97,627
35-3993.412.5%60,648
40-4438.95.2%19,233
45-499.81.3%3,143
50-540.40.1%104