Fertility in Malawi, 2030

Malawi
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi is projected at 3.23 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.3 years old. In total, 727,191 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.23
Births
727,191
Births per 1,000 people
28.9
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
25,160,287
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
10-141.50.2%2,106
15-19108.616.8%152,829
20-24172.326.6%226,849
25-29145.122.4%160,266
30-34110.517.1%102,168
35-3976.711.9%60,977
40-4427.04.2%18,826
45-495.30.8%3,091
50-540.20.0%79