Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 1968

Malta
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.08
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 2.08 children per woman in 1968 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 5,202 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
5,202
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
323,512
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
10-140.30.1%5
15-1913.73.3%248
20-24100.424.2%1,705
25-29133.232.1%1,462
30-3491.021.9%1,006
35-3955.413.3%567
40-4418.54.5%183
45-492.80.7%25
50-540.00.0%0