Fertility in Malaysia, 2015

Malaysia
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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

Year

-5 -1   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 2.01 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.7 years old. In total, 510,212 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
510,212
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
31,232,798
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%203
15-1911.82.9%15,947
20-2452.112.9%71,931
25-29119.729.7%166,359
30-34123.330.6%157,475
35-3973.918.3%77,838
40-4420.55.1%18,997
45-491.70.4%1,456
50-540.00.0%6