Fertility in Malaysia, 2009

Malaysia
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.22 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 486,290 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
486,290
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
28,124,778
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%254
15-1913.43.0%18,415
20-2461.913.9%83,403
25-29136.130.6%161,877
30-34132.529.8%132,088
35-3975.417.0%69,209
40-4422.95.1%19,278
45-492.30.5%1,735
50-540.00.0%29