Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 2011

Malaysia
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.15 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 501,172 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
501,172
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
29,162,039
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%226
15-1913.73.2%18,891
20-2456.613.1%78,971
25-29130.230.2%169,119
30-34132.030.6%142,415
35-3975.017.4%70,954
40-4421.85.1%19,018
45-492.00.5%1,563
50-540.00.0%14