Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2028

Malawi
2028
Total fertility rate: 3.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi is projected at 3.33 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.4 years old. In total, 711,469 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.33
Births
711,469
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
23,954,450
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
10-141.60.2%2,308
15-19110.316.5%153,201
20-24176.526.4%219,723
25-29149.122.3%153,011
30-34114.917.2%99,668
35-3980.312.0%60,851
40-4429.44.4%19,403
45-496.20.9%3,224
50-540.20.0%79