Fertility in Malaysia, 2017

Malaysia
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 1.89 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.9 years old. In total, 495,979 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
495,979
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
32,355,644
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%190
15-199.52.5%13,022
20-2449.813.1%68,080
25-29111.729.4%155,760
30-34115.530.4%155,714
35-3971.818.9%82,219
40-4420.25.3%19,520
45-491.70.4%1,472
50-540.00.0%4