Fertility in Malaysia, 2018

Malaysia
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 1.84 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.9 years old. In total, 487,355 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
487,355
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
32,910,967
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%184
15-198.92.4%12,248
20-2447.612.9%65,048
25-29108.329.3%150,533
30-34111.830.3%153,243
35-3970.419.1%84,270
40-4420.55.5%20,347
45-491.70.5%1,482
50-540.00.0%0