Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malawi, 2042

Malawi
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malawi is projected at 2.76 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.8 years old. In total, 777,026 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
777,026
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
32,517,507
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
10-140.90.2%1,542
15-1996.517.5%156,091
20-24153.027.7%225,971
25-29127.223.1%177,177
30-3491.816.6%123,753
35-3961.711.2%72,975
40-4417.93.2%17,394
45-492.50.5%2,075
50-540.10.0%48