Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1962

Malaysia
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 6.30 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (330 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 346,436 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.30
Births
346,436
Births per 1,000 people
41.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
8,380,172
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
10-142.30.2%1,179
15-1958.14.6%21,978
20-24259.620.6%89,778
25-29330.526.2%98,671
30-34290.923.1%71,436
35-39210.016.7%43,967
40-4489.97.1%16,545
45-4918.51.5%2,764
50-540.90.1%120