Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1997

Malaysia
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 3.23 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 542,946 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.23
Births
542,946
Births per 1,000 people
25.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
21,375,218
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
10-140.20.0%255
15-1915.32.4%15,200
20-24118.518.3%109,833
25-29209.332.4%182,246
30-34170.226.3%140,424
35-3996.414.9%72,854
40-4432.85.1%20,317
45-493.60.6%1,767
50-540.20.0%52