Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2038

Malawi
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi is projected at 2.90 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.9 years old. In total, 766,270 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.90
Births
766,270
Births per 1,000 people
25.5
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
30,081,752
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
10-141.00.2%1,704
15-19100.517.3%152,391
20-24159.027.4%224,225
25-29132.422.8%181,243
30-3497.216.8%119,974
35-3965.811.4%67,015
40-4420.33.5%17,317
45-493.20.5%2,342
50-540.10.0%58