Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1957

Malaysia
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 6.47 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 326,320 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.47
Births
326,320
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
7,362,822
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%1,076
15-1999.37.7%35,751
20-24287.522.2%89,540
25-29323.425.0%83,486
30-34280.221.6%61,931
35-39195.715.1%37,938
40-4488.86.9%14,085
45-4916.91.3%2,410
50-541.00.1%105