Fertility in Malaysia, 2026

Malaysia
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +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 1.52 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.0 years old. In total, 440,401 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
440,401
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
36,385,115
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%97
15-195.31.7%7,016
20-2436.011.8%53,088
25-2996.431.6%142,505
30-3491.830.1%131,735
35-3957.018.7%81,780
40-4416.65.4%22,419
45-491.60.5%1,746
50-540.00.0%13