Fertility in Malaysia, 2022

Malaysia
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +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 1.55 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 430,022 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
430,022
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
34,695,493
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%119
15-196.01.9%8,211
20-2437.312.0%52,955
25-2998.131.5%136,955
30-3493.430.0%131,926
35-3957.418.5%78,524
40-4417.05.5%19,749
45-491.60.5%1,567
50-540.00.0%17