Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 1973

Malta
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 2.08 children per woman in 1973 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 6,058 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
6,058
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
330,052
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
15-1914.63.5%244
20-24108.826.0%1,884
25-29141.333.8%2,278
30-3486.720.7%938
35-3951.012.2%551
40-4414.63.5%146
45-491.30.3%13
50-540.00.0%0