Fertility in Malaysia, 2020

Malaysia
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Malaysia was 1.68 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 453,893 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
453,893
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
33,889,558
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%149
15-197.62.3%10,661
20-2442.212.5%58,313
25-29100.429.8%138,270
30-34100.229.7%139,451
35-3965.319.4%84,562
40-4419.65.8%20,878
45-491.70.5%1,600
50-540.00.0%6