Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1952

Malaysia
1952
Total fertility rate: 6.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 6.43 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (321 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 286,024 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.43
Births
286,024
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
6,422,846
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
10-142.70.2%1,008
15-1996.77.5%30,891
20-24290.822.6%77,507
25-29321.025.0%73,737
30-34276.621.5%56,055
35-39193.215.0%32,113
40-4484.06.5%12,629
45-4918.11.4%2,017
50-540.80.1%68