Fertility in Malaysia, 2016

Malaysia
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 1.94 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 501,915 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
501,915
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
31,789,685
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
10-140.10.0%193
15-1910.52.7%14,236
20-2451.013.1%70,106
25-29115.029.5%160,416
30-34119.330.6%157,152
35-3972.518.6%79,476
40-4420.05.1%18,871
45-491.70.4%1,459
50-540.00.0%7