Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1974

Malaysia
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 4.62 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 362,339 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.62
Births
362,339
Births per 1,000 people
32.3
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
11,200,906
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
10-140.60.1%468
15-1938.94.2%25,436
20-24194.421.1%103,614
25-29262.628.5%102,727
30-34217.323.5%70,995
35-39144.115.6%44,024
40-4453.65.8%12,806
45-4910.61.2%2,171
50-540.60.1%99