Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 1972

Malta
1972
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 2.03 children per woman in 1972 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 5,769 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
5,769
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
328,609
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
10-140.20.1%4
15-1913.83.4%233
20-24104.825.7%1,848
25-29133.932.8%2,051
30-3489.021.8%920
35-3950.212.3%552
40-4414.93.6%147
45-491.60.4%15
50-540.00.0%0