Fertility in Malaysia, 2000

Malaysia
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.94 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 519,149 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.94
Births
519,149
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
22,967,816
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%263
15-1912.42.1%13,545
20-2492.915.8%87,694
25-29186.831.7%171,601
30-34162.927.7%140,671
35-3996.616.4%79,583
40-4433.65.7%23,857
45-493.30.6%1,900
50-540.10.0%35