Fertility in Malawi, 2023

Malawi
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 3.65 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 662,289 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.65
Births
662,289
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
21,104,482
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%2,805
15-19113.615.6%142,778
20-24187.625.7%194,055
25-29161.022.0%140,528
30-34128.017.5%97,932
35-3991.312.5%61,060
40-4437.55.1%19,934
45-499.01.2%3,103
50-540.40.0%94