Fertility in Malawi, 2050

Malawi
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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 is projected at 2.55 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.7 years old. In total, 801,293 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.55
Births
801,293
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
37,361,683
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
10-140.70.1%1,232
15-1989.417.6%159,344
20-24142.928.1%239,231
25-29120.323.6%185,290
30-3484.816.7%120,293
35-3955.110.8%75,585
40-4414.32.8%18,418
45-491.70.3%1,860
50-540.00.0%38