Fertility in Malaysia, 2019

Malaysia
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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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The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 1.78 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 475,958 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
475,958
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
33,440,596
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%170
15-198.52.4%11,750
20-2445.512.8%62,375
25-29105.529.6%146,060
30-34106.429.8%147,394
35-3968.719.3%85,823
40-4420.35.7%20,829
45-491.70.5%1,553
50-540.00.0%1