Fertility in Malaysia, 2024

Malaysia
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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   2024  +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 is projected at 1.54 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.0 years old. In total, 439,568 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
439,568
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
35,557,673
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%103
15-195.71.9%7,677
20-2436.811.9%53,625
25-2997.731.6%140,502
30-3493.130.1%133,282
35-3957.418.6%81,231
40-4417.05.5%21,495
45-491.60.5%1,639
50-540.00.0%13