Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malaysia, 2014

Malaysia
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.06 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.7 years old. In total, 513,359 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
513,359
Births per 1,000 people
16.7
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
30,696,137
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%204
15-1912.93.1%17,397
20-2453.112.9%73,811
25-29123.729.9%170,516
30-34126.530.6%155,410
35-3974.518.0%75,704
40-4420.75.0%18,854
45-491.80.4%1,458
50-540.00.0%6