Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 1974

Malta
1974
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 2.08 children per woman in 1974 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 6,186 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
6,186
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
331,679
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%3
15-1914.83.5%245
20-24112.026.7%1,896
25-29143.634.3%2,395
30-3485.520.4%991
35-3947.411.3%500
40-4414.13.4%145
45-491.10.3%11
50-540.00.0%0