Fertility in Malaysia, 2023

Malaysia
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +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 2023 — 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, 435,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
435,989
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
106.5
Population
35,126,298
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%107
15-196.01.9%8,105
20-2437.312.0%53,703
25-2998.031.5%138,802
30-3493.430.1%132,938
35-3957.418.5%80,041
40-4417.05.5%20,694
45-491.60.5%1,587
50-540.00.0%13