Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1956

Malaysia
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 6.46 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 317,773 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
317,773
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
7,156,626
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
10-142.80.2%1,051
15-1999.27.7%35,628
20-24288.222.3%85,776
25-29322.925.0%81,815
30-34279.621.6%60,307
35-39195.215.1%37,243
40-4488.06.8%13,424
45-4917.11.3%2,432
50-541.00.1%93