Fertility in Malaysia, 2001

Malaysia
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.81 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 503,496 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.81
Births
503,496
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
23,526,538
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%260
15-1914.02.5%16,073
20-2491.716.3%88,333
25-29175.831.3%162,819
30-34154.427.5%135,543
35-3990.216.1%75,159
40-4431.55.6%23,281
45-493.30.6%1,983
50-540.10.0%46