Fertility in Malaysia, 2008

Malaysia
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.26 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 478,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
478,520
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
27,570,059
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%282
15-1912.62.8%17,169
20-2463.714.1%83,612
25-29139.830.9%157,545
30-34133.429.5%129,448
35-3976.316.9%68,995
40-4423.75.2%19,610
45-492.50.5%1,823
50-540.10.0%35