Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 1998

Malaysia
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 3.12 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 534,047 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.12
Births
534,047
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
21,906,713
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%261
15-1914.02.2%14,320
20-24111.117.8%103,636
25-29200.832.1%178,451
30-34166.626.7%139,244
35-3995.415.3%74,726
40-4433.35.3%21,558
45-493.50.6%1,804
50-540.10.0%48