Fertility in Malaysia, 2010

Malaysia
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.14 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 484,452 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
484,452
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
28,655,776
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%243
15-1913.73.2%18,875
20-2457.913.5%79,789
25-29129.530.2%161,917
30-34130.930.5%135,338
35-3973.317.1%68,307
40-4421.35.0%18,312
45-492.20.5%1,643
50-540.00.0%27