Fertility in Malaysia, 1980

Malaysia
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 4.03 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 398,506 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.03
Births
398,506
Births per 1,000 people
30.7
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
12,983,363
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
10-140.50.1%358
15-1929.43.6%21,795
20-24164.220.3%108,054
25-29239.829.7%130,782
30-34196.324.3%80,843
35-39124.115.4%40,692
40-4446.45.7%14,276
45-496.90.8%1,645
50-540.30.0%63